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Delayed Dhansiri-Zubza rail line to come to life Union Railway Minister to lay foundation stone today imkong Walling Dimapur | July 31

our road is so treacherious.he absolutely refuse to drive without a bottle of Mc by his side.”

The Morung Express Poll QuEsTion

Vote on www.morungexpress.com sMs your answer to 9862574165 Is the younger Naga generation willing and committed to rising above tribal and factional politics?

Yes

no

others

Can NBCC’s admission of failure as a Church be seen as an opportunity to start doing and speaking what is right?

Yes

72%

no

10%

others

18%

Details on page 7

Petrol cut by Rs 1.42 a litre, diesel by Rs 2.01 NEw DElhi, July 31 (iANS): Amid the recent fluctuation in global oil prices, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) cut the price of transport fuels on Sunday effective from midnight, of petrol by Rs 1.42 a litre and of diesel by Rs 2.01, both at Delhi, with corresponding decrease in other states.

Making its previous fortnightly revision in fuel prices on July 16, IOC had cut petrol by Rs 2.25 a litre and diesel by Rs 42 paise, both at Delhi. Petrol per litre from Monday will cost Rs 61.09 in Delhi, Rs 64.97 in Kolkata, Rs 65.70 in Mumbai and Rs 60.65 in Chennai. Similarly, diesel will cost Rs 52.27 in Delhi, Rs 54.57 in Kolkata, Rs 57.47 in Mumbai and Rs 53.73 in Chennai.

College of veterinary science & animal husbandry KohimA, July 31 (mExN): The College of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry will be formally inaugurated at Jalukie by Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh, on August 6 at 2:30pm. Chief Minister T R. Zeliang will deliver the keynote address. Short speeches will be delivered

by Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra Secretary DARE & Director General ICAR, New Delhi, Dr. S.V. Ngachan, Director ICAR, Research Complex for NE region, Barapani, Umian, Dr. Abhijit Mitra Director NRC on Mithun, Jharnapani and S. Chuba Longkumer, Parliamentary Secretary for Veterinary & Animal Husbandry, Government of Nagaland. Welcome address will be delivered

by Prof. M. Premjit Singh, Vice Chancellor CAU Imphal. The function will be chaired by Nagaland State Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar while vote of thanks will be proposed by M.K. Mero, Commissioner & Secretary for Veterinary & Animal Husbandry.

Almost a decade after it was announced, the long awaited Dhansiri-Zubza rail line project will officially come to life on August 1, 2016. The foundation stone laying ceremony for the 90.5km Broad Gauge (BG) line will be held today at the Dimapur Railway Station with the Union Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, doing the honours.

The new BG line will break off from the Dhansiri rail station in Karbi-Anglong and pass over the Dhansiri River before covering a distance of less than 20 km (approximate) through the plains of Dhansiripar sub-division, snaking up the hills from Shoxuvi to culminate at Zubza in Kohima district. The Dhansiri station is less than 5 km west of Dhansiripar sub-divisional headquarters under Dimapur district.

Initially proposed to start from the Dimapur Railway Station, the present alignment Dhansiri-DhansiriparShoxuvi-Molvom-Khaibung-Chephema-Khabvuma-Zubza was finalised after two initial surveys faced opposition from land owners and the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests. The first alignment from Toulazouma via Chumukedima not only faced opposition from landowners but was also reported to be technically not feasible.

saliEnT FEaTurEs oF ThE ProjECT

Length Tunnels Total length of tunnels No. of tall bridges Major bridges Minor bridges Total length of bridges New stations Ruling gradient No. of stations Total land required

90.5km 9 21km 5 24 89 4.438km 7 1 in 80 8 (Dhansiri, Dhansiripar, Shukhovi, Molvom, Khaibung, Chephema, Khabvuma, Zubza) 940.5 hectare

FinanCial DETails

Year of Sanction Lenght Sanctioned cost Expenditure upto 31.03.2016 Fund allocation for FY 2016-17 Expenditure in 2016-17 upto June 2016 Cumulative financial progress upto June 2016

The second survey was also shelved as it cut through the Nagaland Zoological Park.

The alignment was later revised and the rail head moved to Dhansiri station 19km from Dimapur, from where the new BG line will emerge. The problem of compensating landowners, like any public project in Nagaland, was reported to have played a major role in delaying the start of the project.

With a projected cost estimate of Rs. 2500 crores, the project completion date has been set as March

2007-2008 90.5km Rs. 2315.30cr Rs. 145.45cr Rs. 350cr Rs. 2.6cr 6.4% Source: NFR

2020. The Chief Administrative Officer of the project, Ajit Pandit feels that the completion deadline can be met if all goes according to plan. “The (route) alignment has been consented to by the government.

Hopefully there will be no problem,” said Pandit, speaking to The Morung Express on Sunday.

Laying the track will require around 900 hectares of land. Out of this, around 300 hectares have been acquired and the landowners compensated, he said, while adding that work has already started in sections

railways to invest rs 7,000 crore in ne

AgArtAlA, July 31 (iANS): The Railways will invest Rs 7,000 crore in the current fiscal (201617) to develop its network in the seven northeastern states, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Sunday.

“In 2014-15, the railway ministry invested Rs 2,702 crore for (this purpose). In the current financial year, the investment will be more than Rs 7,000 crore,” Prabhu said here after flagging off the Agartala-Delhi weekly passenger train service.

“Northeast India is a priority area for the central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is personally giving special emphasis for the all round development of the region,” he said.

“Increase of inter-state connectivity and connectivity between the region and the rest of the country are being given the highest priority. Available connectivity will boost the region’s

where land deals has been finalised.

According to him, the project can meet the March 2020 deadline provided the process of land acquisition poses no roadblock. In this regard, he said that the role of the Nagaland State Government and the public in particular will prove to be crucial.

Compensation for landowners at the rate of Rs. 25 per square foot (for rural areas) has been released through the Nagaland State Government for the land already acquired, he said, though the amount

economy,” Prabhu said.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and top officials of the Indian and Bangladesh governments were present at the flagging off ceremony at the Agartala railway station.

Prabhu invited the Bangladesh railway minister to come to Delhi to discuss the increased railway connectivity between India and Bangladesh.

“India is keen to increase railway connectivity with Bangladesh. If the facilities of the Chittagong port can be used, then trade and economy of both northeast India and Bangladesh will flourish,” He added.

The railway minister said that to boost tourism in northeast India, his ministry would sign an agreement with the state governments of the region to undertake

involved was not disclosed.

“Whatever is reasonable we can give, what is not reasonable we cannot give,” maintained Pandit. Asked what would be the total cost of the land required for the project, he approximated that it could be around Rs. 500 crores.

As per an RTI reply, the Nagaland State Government has acquired 933.28 hectares of land for the Dhansiri-Zubza BG line at Rs. 25 and Rs. 60. While the ‘Total cost of land’ was not indicated in the reply, the ‘Actual payment made’ was entered as Rs.

49,93,46,476/- (rupees forty nine crore, ninety three lakh, forty six thousand, four hundred and seventy six).

Around 2.5 km of the line falls within Karbi-Anglong district in Assam as in the portion of land between Dhansiri station and the Dhansiri River, which acts as the interstate boundary in that area.

On this, Pandit said that the necessary procedure is in progress with land owners of the area.

Further asked whether the sanctioned cost of Rs. 2315 will cover the expens-

NBCC admission finds resonance, but what next?

Morung Poll results raise questions for Naga leaders

Morung Express news Dimapur | July 31

While the admittance of failure from the leader of a foremost church council in Nagaland was seen as recognition of its weaknesses and shortcoming, the recurring question among many readers is “What’s next?”

Rev. Dr. Zelhou Keyho, General Secretary of Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC), the apex body of the dominant Baptist churches in Nagaland, admitted on July 22 that the Church has “failed the people” while launching its Clean Election Campaign (CEC).

Consequently, The Morung Express asked its reader last week, “Can NBCC’s admission of failure as a Church be seen as an opportunity to start doing and speaking what is right?”

An overwhelming 72% of the respondent agreed while 8% disagreed and 18% said ‘other’.

However the massive endorsements came with a rider. Can it translate into some substantive changes on the ground?

It is inherent awareness of social change for the betterment of the society, but “can we change for the better?” asked one respondent adding, “We are good at lectures but do not walk the talk. We are not admit-

ting the truth.”

NBCC coming out to admit its shortcomings are a very significant gesture, said another while expecting such action from other mass based organisations.

“The church has confessed. Now, the people who form our Govt & Bureaucracy should follow suit,” opined another.

Is it ‘show-off’ again?

There are skeptics as well. It’s another gimmick, one time admission cannot wash away everything, a reader said casually.

“If NBCC is serious they need to issue a press statement where they clearly say that they have committed wrong and are seeking forgiveness from the people.

Till such an official statement is passed, I doubt it,” opined another.

While others opined that NBCC’s admission of past mistakes is a good start, more has to be done.

A good beginning but needs coordinated effort For those 18% who responded “others,” there is an agreement that the admission is a good start and a good opportunity to start anew but individuals need to “participate and support.”

Others remained adamant until they see changes on the ground and wondered whether the Church learned from its mistakes.

Many consider it a collective responsibility, not the church’s alone. Accountability and integrity must start from each of us from top to the bottom otherwise we will be discussing the same corruption

es involved, he replied that working in hilly terrain normally incurs additional costs.

According to a project brochure released by the NFR, the work will be executed in 3 phases Dhansiri-Shoxuvi section (16km) as the first phase, Shoxuvi-Khaibong (30km) as the second and Khaibong-Zubza (45km) as the third. The first is targeted for completion by December 2018, the second by December 2019 and the third

by March 2020. The line will culminate 16 km short of Kohima.

a woman pulls a handcart through a waterlogged road as it rains in Kolkata. The current climate models suggest greater variability in monsoon rainfall from year to year in a warmer world. in the future, it is expected that there will be extreme weather events with excessive rainfall in some years with low to very low rainfall in other years.

The indian summer climate in the coming century looks to be wetter on average, together with flood and drought conditions occurring more often. scientists have suggested the possibility that the monsoon may become less stable as a result of climate change. Given this prediction, there is an urgent need to improve the science of monsoon predictions and its applications.

(REUTERS Photo)

and bad roads and electricity 50 years from now, opined another.

Another respondent posed, “Who cast the votes?

Are we a part of the problem or a part of the solution?”

Some readers also wondered whether the General Secretary has admitted “failure” in his personal capacity or on behalf of NBCC. Remedial measures As a head start to the clean election campaign, some readers suggested removing the membership of those Church members named in corruption cases.

Others called for refusing tithes from those “who own property and assets which are higher than their known source of income.”

“Let the contesting candidates swear before congregation and God that they will not use money and muscle power during or after elections.”

Some also suggested revamping the Clean Election Campaign (CEC) and introducing it from the villages instead of Kohima.

But at the end of the day, there was a common consensus that if individual do not change and translate into societal change, the CEC exercise will once again prove futile.

“Who is a church?

Church is us. Why NBCC failed? Because we failed.

What should be done?

We should all start changing instead of pointing at NBCC because it is just a name and the real NBCC is us.”

Morung Poll results on page 7

specific joint tourism development projects. He said a passenger train between Agartala and Kolkata will start in August.

Bangladesh Railway Minister Mazibul Hoque said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had announced a revival of all the pre-1965 railway connectivity with India.

“We want very close connectivity between our two friends (India and Bangladesh) and more closer people to people relations.”

Hoque, who came here on Sunday to attend the function, said Modi and Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar had agreed to help Bangladesh to curb terrorism in the country. Sarkar said: “Without the development of connectivity, how can industrialisation take place and boost the economy?”

He said earlier Congress Prime Ministers, including the late Rajiv Gandhi, seriously neglected the demand for extension of railway network in Tripura.

Nagaland Cong speaks on need for ‘factual’ E-roll

DimApur, July 31 (mExN): The Nagaland Congress (NC), a new political party floated in the State in June this year, has appreciated the Election Department for “detecting and deleting several lakhs of multiple and bogus voters” in the State. With much more left to do, the NC has also appealed to local self government units and concerned citizens of Nagaland to give “full cooperation” to the Department to bring about “tempered free, factual” Electoral Roll (E-roll) in the State.

The NC, which will contest State elections in 2018, has reiterated the power of the people stating that “The fate of democracy lies in the hands of the electorates.”

A press statement from Vaprumu Demo, General Secretary and Media & Spokesperson of the NC, today stated that the party supports the “intensive revision” of E-roll in the State.

Election manipulation “Election has become such an expensive thing for contesting candidates and easiest means for making fast money by the electorates,” stated the NC. This has led to the ‘intentional manipulation’ of the E-roll in Nagaland, it claimed.

The candidate ‘inflates’ the figure in his village/town “to enhance his vote bank beyond imagination” and the voters hold “multiple/bogus voters’ list to demand cash or kind from each contesting candidate.”

“It is an organized manipulation with full involvement of village council/municipal authority, enumerators, political parties and contesting candidates. The failure, rather routine attitude of Election Authority towards visibly unrealistic E-Roll without enforcing stringent measure at appropriate time has really hampered democratic election process for many years in the past,” observed the NC reiterating the need for a “factual” E-roll.

Acknowledging that a “positive step” towards this direction has been undertaken by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the NC drew attention to the efforts of the Election Department in Nagaland headed by its CEO, Sanjay Kumar, IAS, to “rectify the enormous anomalies” in E-roll.

Areas of concern “However, it may be noted with seriousness that E-Roll conducted on the basis of existing census is still questionable for reasons specified above,” noted the NC, while stating that the Census 2001 was “challenged and rejected” by State Government for “extreme abnormality” and the “distortion of population reality” with the ‘intent’ to “inflate” the Eroll. “Census 2011 recorded a reverse order of population in most districts in the State and this fact endorses our contention that E-Roll must be likewise reviewed drastically to bring it down to reality,” the new political

party maintained.

It also asked the Election Authority to consider instances where E-roll is “higher or equivalent or above the 60:40 ration of E-Roll and Census figures.” Giving an instance, the Nagaland Congress stated, “a rich man opened a farm in the outskirt of a Village somewhere in Nagaland where two persons were posted to man the farm and against this farm a ghost population of 400 odd was registered in the Census.”

“Similarly, most of the villages have unrealistic census figures as there used to be competition between the villages to have the bigger population size than the other. With the kind of the spirit of competition, the national ceiling prescribed for decadal growth at 22 % is never adhered to. Besides, multiple entries in census enumeration is rampant,” alleged the NC, stressing that these ‘manipulations’ are often done at the “behest of mostly the rich and the powerful.”

Another area of “grave concern,” observed the NC, is the presence of a “floating population” in Nagaland.

“There is cross border registration as citizens as well as voters in the State of Nagaland. These people hold dual citizenship in two or more states. During elections this category of people used to participate in more than one State as voters,” the NC informed. This practice, it stated, is “illegal” and creates “nuisance” for “law abiding citizens.”

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Kohima ward panchayats lament failure to implement govt schemes

Kohima, July 31 (mExN): The Association of Kohima Municipal Wards Panchayat (AKMWP) in its emergency General Body Meeting (GBM) recently highlighted the government’s failure to implement various schemes which directly involved the Panchayats. The meeting attended by all the 42 Panchayat and Sector Chairmen under Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) was held on July 19 at the association’s office in Kohima.

The house deliberated on the government schemes for providing subsidized loans and allotments of Basic Service for Urban Poor (BSUP) flats in Kohima in 3 complexes since 2015. Two of the complexes are completed and one is yet to be completed, it was highlighted, according to a press An older brother piggybacks his brother in a remote village under Tuensang district. It is com- release from AKMWP President, Neibulie Kiewhuo and Secretary, mon for older siblings to take care of the younger ones in Naga families. (Morung Photo)

Assam Rifles nab NSCN (K) cadre

Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): A joint team of 9 and 32 Assam Rifles along with representative of Nagaland Police apprehended one NSCN (K) Civil Wing cadre identified as Leacy Asopa Yimchungar (43) in Dimapur on July 26 morning, according to PRO, Assam Rifles.

In a press release, the PRO said that information about the presence of NSCN (K) cadre was carefully corroborated and verified through sustained surveillance.

Thereafter, a specially constituted team of Assam Rifles and Nagaland Police tracked the cadre and nabbed him near Supply Depot, Dimapur at 4:45 am on July 26 along with one 7.65 mm pistol, three rounds, one magazine and one register with details of tax collection from vehicles, the release said.

During the initial questioning, according to the PRO, the cadre revealed that he is an active member of NSCN (K) Civil Wing since March 2014 and has been working independently in Dimapur to collect tax on orders from Town Commander.

Thejao Sekhose.

The release said that forms in three different colors for the different complexes for allotment of flats were made available to all the 19 wards of Kohima for judicious selection of beneficiaries. The same was submitted by the wards concerned in 2015. However, the allotment was jeopardized by the then Addl. Director and HOD of Municipal Affairs department who was ultimately suspended by the Govt. of Nagaland, the meeting pointed out, lamenting that the allotment of the flats has not materialized till date.

Regarding the officer’s suspension, the Association maintained that suspension alone is not a punishment; hence, the Vigilance Directorate has initiated an inquiry against him. However, it stated, no action taken report (ATR) has been made available to the public

Legal literacy awareness campaign begins in Phek

phEK, July 31 (mExN): The Phek District Legal Services Authority (PDLSA) began its legal literacy awareness campaign across the district on July 30. The campaign aims at offering literacy and creating awareness for the Dobashis (DBs), Gaonburas (GBs) and Village Council members on various aspects of legal provisions, laws, Acts and Government schemes, informed a press release from Nodal Officer, Nagaland State Legal Services Authority.

The first programme was held at the DC conference hall, Phek along with the DBs, GBs and Village Council members of villages around Phek Town. Longshi Ezung, District & Sessions Judge and Chairperson of PDLSA spoke on Civil Action. He highlighted one of the important statutory laws - the Motor Vehicle Act 1988 and emphasized on various welfare legislations and provisions under the Act. He informed that insurance for vehicle is compulsory and that vehicles should not be used without insurance. He further spoke on claim of compensation, payment

of compensation relating to accident.

Ezung also covered the Consumer Protection Act 1986 and stated that a consumer or a recognized consumer association can file a complaint with the Consumer Forum (in District), State Commission (in the State) and National Commission for any nature and cause such as defective product, deficiency in service, unfair trade practice etc.

Ajong Imchen, Civil Judge and Secretary of PDLSA presented on The Village Council Act, 1978 and powers and functions of the subordinate/district customary courts in Nagaland.

He illustrated on the functions of the village councils and their functionary structure. To be a qualified village council member, he said, the person has to be a citizen of India, should have attained 25 years of age, and is not convicted for any involvement in moral turpitude by the court of law.

Ajong further stated that every village council member and Dobashi manning the customary courts in the State of Nagaland takes the role of a Judge. “Great responsibility lies upon

them and therefore the integrity of a village council member, a DB and a GB is the top most important,” he stated, according to the release.

A similar programme was later conducted at Baptist School in Pfutsero Town in collaboration with KALOS Society. The programme commenced with short speeches by Kupelji Losou, Director, KALOS Society; Wezote Kreo, Convenor, ACAUT Pfutsero; and Dr. Naieem Mustafa, IPS. The resource person, Longshi Ezung, District & Sessions Judge and Chairperson of PDLSA spoke on Civil Action. Mamang Singsong, Panel Lawyer, PDLSA presented on Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Pfukrulhi Khupuh, Panel Lawyer, PDLSA spoke on Right to Information Act (RTI), and Ajongba Imchen covered Ombudsman and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 The programme ended with a session of interaction and discussion among the participants, members of KALOS Society, resource persons, and officials of PDLSA.

KSGKK appeals for intervention in Zubza river erosion

Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): The Kulolau Shoixe Ghami Kughuko Kuqhakulu (KSGKK) today requested the Nagaland State government to intervene in the issue of massive erosion of Zubza river which is affecting Yeveto village.

KSGKK expressed concern that once the river overflows and changes its direction towards Yeveto

village, it will damage more villages in the vicinity.

KSGKK comprises of more than ten villages under Dimapur district and Yeveto village is one of them.

A press release from KSGKK President, Shihoto Zhimomi and General Secretary, Kashiho Zhimomi pointed out that Yeveto village has been struggling against the massive erosion of Zubza river.

Meanwhile, the union informed that Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control, Jacob Zhimomi inspected the site and pressed the department concerned resulting in sanctioning of Rs. 2.5 lakh for the initial works.

The ADC Niuland and other officials also visited the spot and took initiative to protect the village from the natural disaster, the release

stated.

The union further informed that the villagers are “working round the clock, risking their life from the strong flood to protect the village.”

It looked forward to more organizations/individuals coming forward to help physically, morally, financially and most importantly through prayer for the safety of Yeveto village.

domain till date.

The Association further noted that a scheme of Rs. 1 lakh was flooded for urban poor beneficiaries in the year 2008-2007, where Panchayats were given forms to select the beneficiaries and submit the forms within a short time. The selected beneficiaries had to run from pillar to post to acquire all the required documents, spending more than Rs. 1000 and above, it said. “When the government was asked on the same after two/three years, we are told that the loan is a forgotten case,” the Association said.

With regard to the present Housing for All scheme, AKMWP informed that another loan in three categories was launched last year, and in the month of June 2016, the beneficiaries were asked to submit additional documents which was complied with by ev-

ery ward. “Now, the question is, whether this scheme will also be a forgotten case after sometime like the former schemes,” AKMWP wondered.

The house, according to the release, resolved to pursue the matter tooth and nail this time with agencies concerned through the apex body – AKMWP. In the event of failure or delay, the release said, the department concerned for the scheme shall be wholly answerable and not the ward Panchayat authorities, “who are being questioned for every failure of the Govt. and at times are being suspected of drawing the money in partnership with the department officials.”

Meanwhile, the house welcomed the launching of the National Food Security Act (NFSA) by the Chief Minister of Nagaland on June 29.

Nagaland School of Deliverance ends

Organisers of the Nagaland School of Deliverance programme.

Our Correspondent Kohima | July 31

The five-day long Nagaland School of Deliverance programme concluded here this evening at APO Hall.

Pastor Rukuolhoulie Solo, Flames of Fire Baptist Church Kohima preached on prayer in the concluding service. He taught that prayer is needed because it is the meeting place of Divinity and Humanity.

He asserted that prayer gives God the legal right to move on our behalf. He further exhorted that prayer is a vital part of deliverance ministry.

60 people from different churches and denominations enrolled for the sessions during the day.

Teachings on deliverance were intensively taught. The topics ranged from Biblical to theological to practical aspects of deliverance ministry Hundreds of citizens from Kohima turned out for the evening gospel revival services.

The five-day programme, organized by Flames of Fire Baptist Church Kohima along with like-minded Christian leaders, was held under the theme “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me… to set the captives free…” (Isa.61:1).

It covered topics on “Believer’s Authority,” “Symptoms of Demonization,” “Signpost for Diagnosis,” “Biblical Theology of Deliverance,” “History of De-

liverance Ministry,” Generational Curses, Occult Fantasy & Deliverance,” “Inner Healing,” “Procedures and Agents in/for Deliverance,” “ Qualities of a Counselor in Deliverance,” “ Doorway to Demons,” “Demonization, Demon Possession & Devil Worship: A Discernment,” “ Prayer and Deliverance,” “Practical Suggestions for Deliverance Sessions,” “Freedom Lifestyle: Post Deliverance” and “Prepare for War.” Other speakers of the programme included Avi Yongo, RHEMA Tulsa, Oklahoma USA, Mezhüsevi Zutso, Joint Secretary, Literature NCRC and Rev. Azahto Kiba, pastor, New Life Church Kohima.

Honaito Chisho is ‘Face of Dimapur’ IFCD Chief Engineer retires; department bids farewell

Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): In an effort to promote young talented Naga youths as well as provide them platform, GL Trendzanda organized the Face of Dimapur Season-1 on July 30 at IMC Hall, Dimapur.

The model hunt contest had three rounds with Honaito Chisho emerging as the Face of Dimapur. The first and second runners up were Ahoto Achumi and Sungda respectively. The gift hampers and certificates for the three winners were sponsored by the World of Titan and Black.

A press release received here informed that the first round was ethnic, the second casual, and third formal. The show also had 5 subtitles – Kaho Yeptho bagged Mr. Photogenic, Kuhuto Ayemi got Mr. Talent, Honaito Chisho bagged Mr. Personality, Sungdar received the Best Ethnic Wear title, and Tongpok Pongen won Best Physique. The subtitle winners were also given gift hampers and certificates sponsored by Kaldy Showroom (Hongkong Market).

The judges of the show, choreographed by Chow Poran Gogoi from Guwahati, were Nise Meruno, Ani Yepthomi, and Siddharth Boro.

The event also witnessed dance performances by First Step Dance Academy, Gwanile Rengma (2nd runner up of NE Best Mom's Dancing Star), "Cheap Thrills" rendition by Aloke Yepthomi, and another performance

Kohima, July 31 (Dipr): Irrigation & Flood Control Department (IFCD) organized a farewell programme for its retiring Chief Engineer, Er. Njilo Kemp, who served the department for the last 35 years on July 30.

The incoming Chief Engineer, Er. Kughaho Sema highlighted the achievements of Er. Njilo Kemp describing him as the pioneer in bringing about major central schemes in the department like Ground Water schemes, Command Area Development Programme, Flood Management Programme and Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme. He also portrayed him as an ethical and honest person.

Also gracing the pro-

Er. Njilo Kemp speaks at his farewell programme at Irrigation & Flood Control Department conference hall in Kohima on July 30. (DIPR Photo)

gramme, Parliamentary Secretary for Irrigation & Flood Control Department, N Jacob Zhimomi said that Er. Njilo Kemp’s passion for work and vast technical knowledge was commendable. While ap-

Various family planning methods adopted in Kiphire

(TOP) Winner of the Face of Dimapur Season-1. (BOTTOM) Models display creation of a Naga designer during Face of Dimapur Season-1 on July 30 at IMC Hall, Dimapur.

by B1 A4. Female models Gihutoli Khulu, Direcalso showcased creations tor of GL Trendzanda deof Piketo Zhimomi, a Naga livered the vote of thanks designer. during the event.

KiphirE, July 31 (mExN): Many people adopted various family planning methods during the Population Control Fortnight or Family Health Mela in Kiphire district conducted by District Health Society from July 11-24.

24 female sterilization, 83 Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (IUCD) and 12 Postpartum Intrauterine Contraceptive Device (PPIUCD) insertions were done during the fortnight, which was observed under the aegis of Directorate of Health & Family Welfare, according to a press release from Imnasenla Pongener, District Media Officer, CMO Office, Kiphire.

preciating the contribution made by the retiring officer, he also challenged the upcoming officers to be at least at par or better than Er. Njilo.

In his speech, Er. Njilo highlighted the achieve-

ments of the department and said that the department had never sought consultancy service for preparation of Detailed Project Reports. He encouraged the department to work for the welfare of

the farmers in providing irrigation. He also encouraged the officers to work for the betterment of the department.

Others who spoke included Er. Tsuktinungsang, Superintending Engineer, on behalf of Irrigation Department Engineers’ Association, Er. Chubasashi Chang on behalf of Outpost Officers, Er. Dikhalo Lasushe on behalf of IDDEA, Shetoli, Registrar, on behalf of ministerial staff and Er. Sobu Angami.

A special song was presented by Er. J Lanu Longchar, Executive Engineer, Mokokchung, and a PowerPoint Presentation entitled ‘A walk through Er. Njilo Kemp life’ was presented by Er. Wapangnaro Imchen, SDO.

OCP pills and condoms were also distributed during the programme. Meanwhile, IEC activities were carried out to create awareness and generate demand for family planning services. Distribution of leaflets in local dialects and focus group discussions (FGD) stressing on topics of right age of marriage, spacing at birth and other family planning methods were also done.

Prior to the start of Population Control Fortnight, a District Task Force meeting was held on July 8, 2016 at the DC’s office here to ensure that the programme Lipokienla Imchen, principal of GHSS, Mangkolemba enlightening the students on the topic ‘Atwas effectively executed, tributes of a good teacher’ during the one day career guidance seminar cum workshop at Mangthe release added. kolemba Town Hall on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Mangkolemba Town. (Morung Photo)

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Foundation stone laid for India-Bangla new rail project Agartala-Delhi passenger train services flagged off

AgArtAlA, July 31 (IANS): Six years after the finalisation of a new India-Bangladesh railway project, railway ministers of the two countries on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 968 crore vital rail link scheme.

Indian Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and his Bangladeshi counterpart Mazibul Hoque jointly laid the foundation stone for the 15 km Agartala (India) - Akhaura (Bangladesh) railway project.

The Agartala-Akhaura railway project was finalised in January 2010 when Bangla-

desh premier Sheikh Hasina met then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi.

The project, which was sanctioned in the 2012-13 railway budget, would be a part of the Trans Asian Railway network and would provide a much shorter connectivity from northeastern states to Kolkata via Bangladesh.

Prabhu said that on completion, the India-Bangladesh rail link project would be a gateway to the entire northeastern region, comprising eight states.

"The Agartala-Akhaura international railway link would boost socio-economic development of the mountainous northeast region," he said at a function organised to lay the foundation stone of the rail

project and to flag-off AgartalaDelhi passenger train service.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had discussed the railway project with Hasina during his visit to Dhaka in June 2015.

The Indian government would bear the entire expenditure of the railway project.

Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) General Manager H.K.Jaggi said that the Union Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Ministry has already released Rs 97 crore to acquire required land to lay rail line in Tripura.

"Following the Tripura government's persistent persuasion and intervention by the Prime Minister's Office, the DoNER Ministry has agreed to provide Rs 580 crore for the Tripura part of the Agartala-

Akhaura railway project," Tripura Transport Minister Manik Dey told IANS. "The state government would soon start work for acquisition of required 67 acres land," he said, adding that the Agartala-Akhaura railway project would provide a major boost to development and economy of northeastern India and eastern Bangladesh.

"India's external affairs ministry would provide necessary funds for the Bangladesh portion of the Agartala-Akhaura rail project," he said.

The 1,613-km mountainous route distance between Agartala and Kolkata via Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri-Kishanganj (Bihar)-Malda would be reduced to only 514-km once the new rail track is linked through

Bangladesh.

The state-owned Indian Railway Construction Company (IRCON) has been nominated to act as technical advisor for Bangladesh portion and to execute the work in Indian portion.

The NFR General Manager Jaggi said that the Indian government had announced it would bear the entire cost of the 15-km railway project. Of the 15 km, 5 km fall in the Indian territory and the remaining in Bangladesh.

On the Indian side, some portion of the track would be elevated to avoid farm land and habitations.

The NFR is the nodal agency for the project, for which alignment of rail line and other technical details were earlier finalised by officials of both India

44th Senapati ADC Rising Day on August 1 newmai news network Senapati | July 31

The Senapati ADC employee’s pension scheme, which is now approved, will be implemented soon.

Additionally, the strong demand for immediate implementation of 6th pay commission for ADC employees will materialize very soon.

This was announced by Senapati Autonomous District Council (ADC) Chairman ML Markson during the kick-off ceremony of the Open Wrestling Championship in commemoration of the 44th Autonomous District Council Rising Day 2016 today at Senapati Public Ground.

Amidst thousands of cheering crowd, the programme and wrestling competition was attended

6th pay commission, pension for ADC employees likely by local MLAs, ex-MLA, civil bodies, sports association, District Administration officials, DLOs, public leaders. ADC Vice Chairman John Hingba was the guest of honour on the occasion.

Altogether, 52 participants listed for the wrestling championship where the champion will be awarded Rs. 1 lakh and a championship belt. 60 league rounds were played today. Of this, 32 will be selected for the quarterfinals.

Speaking as chief guest, Markson stated that after 25 years of dormant District Council administration, the present ADC government has finally begun its regular functioning and is now investing all efforts

to reach out to the people in many ways.

Despite the state’s apathy in granting funds and devolution of powers, the ADC Senapati is leaving no stone unturned to usher in development and good governance for the welfare of the people.

The former NPO president and Poumai Naga Union President also added that, ADC Senapati has been demanding the devolution of power as per District Council Act, 1971 and proper implementation of Central and state sponsored schemes “in letter and spirit” without compromising objectives and rules of executing those projects.

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Assam govt left red-faced as Bangladesh picture included in flood report to Rajnath; officer suspended guwAhAtI, July 31 (thE INdIAN ExPrESS): A senior Assam Civil Service officerwasonSaturdayplaced under suspension by the state government after holding her primarily responsible for a major faux pas in which a photograph from the Bangladesh floods of 2014 found its way into the Assam government’s interim report on the current floods handed over to none other than Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

While the 10-page interim report, which Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal handed over to Rajnath Singh in Guwahati had nine pictures showing the fury of the floods, it were journalists who attended

the Singh’s press conference at the end of his visit to the flood-hit state who discovered that one of the photographs was not from Assam, but from the 2014 floods in Bangladesh, which was carried along with a report in The Daily Mail of London.

Two hours later, Dipak Kumar Sarma, chief executive officer of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) put out an “urgent corrigendum” to the media through an e-mail which said that “a pictorial error has occurred inadvertently showing photograph of rescue of a spotted deer which is not related to Assam” in the interim report.

An hour later, another press release, issued by the Assam Chief Minister’s Office said Madhumita Bhagaboty, Civil SDO of Kaliabor sub-division in Nagaon district was placed under suspension with immediate effect for forwarding to a government whatsapp group the picture showing a person rescuing a deer and saying it was from Kaziranga National Park that is also currently reeling under floods.

While the photograph was subsequently included in the government’s interim report on floods to Singh on Saturday, the government later finding it to be not from Kaziranga, placed the officer under suspension.

in office, we have brought tremendous changes in all spheres of our administrative systems with special focus on education and health of our people as promised on my oath taking day one year ago, he said.

He also noted that the new ADC has also implemented many schemes in the Health, Forest, Veterinary, Agri/Horti, 3rd State Finance and especially in Education sector where it implemented the mass transferring of those utilized teachers to their respective posting places to tackle the shortage of teacher issues.

The present ADC administration has also successfully rooted out the long pending irregularities

in the employee salaries system, it was highlighted.

A specialized computer lab has also been approved and will materialize very soon at Senapati DHQ. Additionally, necessary process has been started by TA/Hills to convert all plan ADC teachers’ post to nonplan.

In forest department, the present ADC government in one year has constructed many additional green houses and doubled in distribution and production of tree saplings in our collective resolution to protect and save our environment, he stated. “We have also resolved to prevent any activities of jungle burning, poisoning/ use of generators in rivers during fishing, hunting of wildlife and declaration of wildlife month.”

and Bangladesh.

Currently, India and Bangladesh have four rail links with West Bengal.

The existing railway line from Guwahati passes through Lumding in Nagaon district (in central Assam) and southern Assam connecting Agartala and parts of Manipur and Mizoram with the rest of India.

The Guwahati-Silchar railway line is the lifeline for southern Assam comprising four districts - Cachar, Karimganj, Hailakandi, Dima Hasao district, known as Barak Valley, and the mountainous states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram, which are heavily dependent on this line for supply of foodgrain, fertilisers, petroleum products, construction materials and other

Mizoram-HPC (D) talks may begin from 2nd week of August AIzAwl, July 31 (PtI): The proposed talks between the Mizoram government and Manipur's Hmar People's Convention (Democratic) militants is expected to begin from the second week of August, a senior police official today said.

The official said the modalities from the government side for the forthcoming talks would be finalised on Thursday next week in a meeting of senior home department and police officers chaired by state Home Minister R Lalzirliana.

"We have received positive responses from the HPC (D) leaders of the state government's peace overtures," he said, adding the exact time and place

for the talks would soon be finalised even as second week of August was proposed earlier.

The negotiations between the state government and the Hmar outfit, led by its Chairman H Zosangbera, fizzled out in August 2013 over disagreement on the extension of the Suspension of Operations (SoO) which resulted in the arrest of several leaders of the militant group.

Formed after the signing of an agreement between Mizoram government and HPC, the HPC (D) has been indulging in multiple violent and illegal activities in the state from across the border.

The outfit has been demanding a separate au-

tourist arrivals to our state more than doubled to 38,479 in 2015 and our target is around 12 lakh visitors by 2025," he said in a statement.

"At the same time, while there are no major developmental projects like roads or buildings within the Khangchendzonga National Park, tourism associated with the protected park provides local communities with substantial incomes," said the Chief Minister.

"As a result, there has been significant improvement in living conditions, especially at Pelling, Yuksam, Gangtok and Rabongla. Tourism-related activities like running pack animals, portering, guiding and lodge management have become major economic activities."

Khangchendzonga National Park had been on the Unesco's tentative list of World Heritage Sites since 2006, and has among the sharpest altitudinal variations for any site in the world -- from a low of 1,220 metres to 8,586 metres -- within a small aerial distance of 42 km.

"The park has 18 subforest types. It has a large diversity of species of higher plants (1,580), mammals (124) and birds (300). There

tonomous district council under the Sixth Schedule of Constitution by carving out the areas adjoining Manipur.

The failed parleys between the state government and the Hmar outfit, led by its Chairman H. Zosangbera, in August 2013 was followed by the ambush of a team of legislators in which three policemen were killed on March 28 last year near Mizoram-Manipur border Zokhawthiang hamlet, police sources said.

Many of those involved in the ambush were apprehended by the state police while one of the militants Malsawmkima, a state police deserter, was gunned down few days after the ambush, the sources said.

Mao Gate citizens, shopkeepers repair pathetic NH-2 SENAPAtI, July 31 (NNN): In what can be termed as frantic measures to improve the pathetic road condition along the National Highway 2 in Mao area, shopkeepers, social leaders and citizens of Mao Gate took up voluntary work to fill potholes and repair the deteriorating road on Saturday. It was initiated by Mao Gate Business Union (MBU) in which 300 volunteers participated.

N. Jacob, chairman of MBU said that the road has been left in a very bad shape for a long time now giving harrowing experience to the travelers. The Mao Gate Business Union voluntarily initiated the

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A. Athili, secretary MBU mentioned that the union had also hired twenty laborers to lay stones. Dump-

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MBU has appealed on behalf of the Mao citizens to the Manipur Govern-

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Sikkim's Khangchendzonga National Park now in Unesco 'heritage' list gANgtok, July 31 (IANS): The Khangchendzonga National Park in Sikkim, home to dozens of lofty mountain peaks, 18 glaciers, lakes, waterfalls and some unique flora and fauna, has been named India's first "Mixed World Heritage Site" by Unesco.

The UN agency has recognised the park's outstanding universal values both in terms of its natural and cultural significance -- thanks to its rich and unique bio-diversity, as also sacred treasures and legends associated with Vajrayana form of Buddhism, officials here said.

The park was initially commissioned in August 1977 with a declared area of 850 Sq km. Some 20 years later, it was extended to 1,784 sq.km.

The Unesco designation not only adds prestige to the park, but also entitles it to financing from the World Heritage Fund.

"The Unesco recognition will give a further push to eco-tourism in our state, while also helping us to regulate the high influx of visitors to more popular destinations with only a minimal negative impact of tourism," said Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling.

"This is important since

commodities besides ferrying passengers.

The 437-km Lumding-Silchar and Badarpur-Agartala gauge conversion work was sanctioned in 1996 and had completed earlier this year.

After India's independence, Agartala was the first state capital to come up on the rail map (metre gauge line) in October 2008.

Meanwhile, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu also flagged off the Agartala-Delhi passenger train services on the newly laid broad gauge track on Sunday.

The much awaited weekly passenger train named "Tripura Sundari Express" would run between Agartala and Anand Vihar station of Delhi covering a distance of around 2,480 km in 47 hours.

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The park also has religious significance. Sikkim is presented in Buddhism as a "hidden land" and as per scriptures, what now constitutes the park is the sanctum sanctorum, where religious masters have hidden religious texts and treatises marked for discovery in later times.

Officials explained that these hidden treasures, known as "ters", are destined to be discovered by ter-tons, literally treasure revealers, from the sacred spots littered across the park. This has ensured that the sacred places are not defiled, thereby sustaining preservation.

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The park is home, among then animals, to the red panda, snow leopard, great Tibetan sheep and musk deer. The birds include black-Nncked crane, grey peacock pheasant, Himalayan monal pheasant, Sikkim's state bird blood pheasant, Tibetan snow cock and Himalayan snow cock.

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Diesel ban, scrappage prog to boost new vehicle sales: ICRA

New Delhi, July 31 (PTi): The ban on registration of old diesel vehicles in Delhi-NCR and the proposed vehicle fleet modernisationprogramme could lead to around 3 per cent additional sales of new passenger vehicles over the next two years, rating agency ICRA has said.

Besides, the development could also lead to 3 per cent incremental sales in the two wheeler segment and additional sales of around 6-7 per cent in the commercial vehicle vertical.

ICRA Ltd Senior VP Subrata Ray said the impact of the scrappage programme could be limited owing to moderate level of incentive (8-12 per cent) being offered.

The resale value of 11plus old vehicles may be higher than the proposed rebate in the scrappage programme, as the resale value of some of the key car

A worker fills a car with diesel at a fuel station in Jammu. (REUTERS File Photo)

models older than 11 years range between 8-15 per cent in the second-hand market, he added.

“However, the program may become useful for owners of old diesel vehi-

cles, especially in the wake of recent ban in Delhi-NCR and other states like Kerala and Chhattisgarh. As market value of older diesel vehicles fall, the scrappage policy may become attrac-

tive for customer segments like taxi owners and old trucks,” Mr. Ray said.

The population of vehicles older than 11 years plying on Indian roads is estimated to be around 25

million.

“If around 5 per cent owners across vehicle categories decide to avail the incentive program, the policy could provide 3 per cent additional sales in the passenger vehicle and two wheeler segment and 6-7 per cent in the commercial vehicle segment over next two years,” Mr. Ray said.

Last month, NGT had ordered the de-registration of all diesel vehicles which are above 10 years old and also petrol vehicles which are over 15 years old in Delhi-NCR. Besides, fast tracking the implementation of BSVI norms, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways recently published a concept note on voluntary-vehicle modernisationprogramme that aims to promote replacement of old vehicles and thereby bring down vehicular emissions and improve fuel efficiency.

Modi cautions people on mobile, internet frauds New Delhi, July 31 (iaNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday cautioned citizens against falling victim to frauds perpetrated through the use of mobile phones and internet.

“People receive tempting offers of gift prizes and other swindling schemes over their mobile phones or via internet,” Modi said in his monthly ‘Mann Ki

Baat’ address over the radio, referring to reports of a women committing suicide after being duped in this manner.

“These are new ways thrown up by technology to loot the public. I know of a retired person with a daughter to marry off and a home to build, who received such a gift offer from abroad, asking that he first

deposit Rs 2 lakh in a bank as customs duty for receiving the item,” he said.

“A new way of digital crime is where criminals falsely get your bank, credit card details and soon find their accounts emptied of money. People should become aware and not fall into the trap of such tempting offers,” the Prime Minister add.

Automation to replace lakhs of entry, mid-level IT execs: Pai New Delhi, July 31 (PTi): Increasing automation would shave off 10 percent of incremental jobs in India’s IT sector each year even as half of middle-level managers would also bear the brunt in the era of artificial intelligence, says industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai.“I think in the IT sector, may be 10 percent minimum of incremental jobs that are created will disappear. That means every year if they do (create) 2 to 2.5 lakh jobs, 25,000-50,000 jobs will disappear,” said the former CFO and HR Head at Infosys.

According to him, middle-level managers account for 10 percent or 450,000 people of the 4.5 million (45 lakh) strong IT industry in India. Half of them (2,25,000)

would lose jobs over the next one decade as their work would get automated. “There are today lots of people (middle-level managers) earning between Rs 30 lakh and Rs 70 lakh (per annum). Half of them will lose their jobs in the next ten years,” Pai told PTI in an interview.

The tech investor said the new breed of IT engineers should have better skills and deep technical knowledge, adding, prospects for those having just a bachelors degree (B. Tech) are going to be less and less in IT. Stressing that IT hiring would become more and more specialised with companies looking for higher and greater levels of expertise, Pai said he would recommend the aspirants to do post-graduation.

Online business companies to give Couches to jet: Mallya assets to First phase of SEBI’s new go under hammer for Rs 700 cr enterprise portal goes live contact details on their portals: Govt MuMbai, July 31 (PTi) As the lenders and tax authorities cool their heels for Vijay Mallya to return to India, they will put under hammer next month assets worth over Rs 700 crore of the embattled businessman’s long-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

The items waiting for the right bidders are plenty -- the erstwhile headquarters Kingfisher House near airport here; cars and office furniture; Mallya’s plush personal jet along with everything inside that include cushy couches and even a bathrobe; Kingfisher Villa in Goa famous for parties hosted by Mallya; and numerous brands and trademarks including the famed ‘Fly with Good Times’.

This would be the second try by the lenders

and tax authorities at auction of these assets as part of their efforts to recover thousands of crores worth outstanding dues, after the earlier attempt for each of these properties proved to be a damp squib.

Mallya’s personal jet is being put under hammer by the service tax department, while other properties will be auctioned by the lenders whose dues from long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines have ballooned to over Rs 9,000 crore including penal interest.

For almost all the properties, the reserve price has been marked down after the earlier attempts failed to attract bidders.

The 17-bank consortium, led by the State Bank of India, is re-auctioning Kingfisher House in Mum-

Lok Sabha to take up Debt Recovery Bill tomorrow New Delhi, July 31 (PTi): The government is scheduled to move in the Lok Sabha tomorrow an amended bill to strengthen the debt recovery laws with an objective to improve the ease of doing business in the country. Introduced in the Lok Sabha in May, the bill seeks to amend four legislations — Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Sarfaesi) Act, 2002, the Recovery of Debts due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993, the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 and the Depositories Act, 1996.

Following the introduction, the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, 2016 was referred to a Parliamentary Joint Committee. As per the Lok Sabha schedule of legislative business for tomorrow, the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as Reported by Joint Committee is listed for consideration and passing.

The government has come up with this legislation at a time when there is mounting concerns over loan recovery in view of stressed assets to the tune of over Rs. 8 lakh crore in the banking system. The legislation proposes to give the RBI powers to regulate asset reconstruction companies, prioritise secured creditors in repayment of debts and provide stamp duty exemption on loans assigned by banks and financial institutions to asset reconstruction firms. Around 70,000 cases involving more than Rs. 5 lakh crore are pending in Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT) and the proposed amendments would facilitate expeditious disposal of recovery applications.

bai and the airlines’ trademarks and brands, including the ‘Kingfisher’ logo.

On August 4, the lenders will re-auction Kingfisher House, the erstwhile headquarters of the airline, at a lower reserve price of Rs 135 crore. In the initial attempt in March to sell the property with a built-up area of over 17,000 sqft in plush Vile Parle area near domestic airport here, not a single bidder came forward at the then reserve price of Rs 150 crore.

Banks have also put up some of the movable secured assets worth Rs 13.70 lakh lying at Kingfisher House for sale. These assets will be auctioned separately on August 25 by SBI Cap Trustee, which possesses these assets on behalf of the lenders.

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“Thus it will enable significant collaborative and efficient communications between SEBI’s internal and external stakeholders alike,” it added.

The new portal would help create positive consumer experience as it aligns itself with emerging digital trends, Tech Mahindra, which had begun implementation of the project in December 2014, noted.

SEBI in early 2014 had invited proposal for supply, installation, design, development and implementation of Enterprise Portal Solution which included business Process Management (BPM), custom applications development, enterprise search engine, business intelligence and analytics, among other necessary IT infrastructure.

The project also includes migration of data, integration of enterprise portal with other internal applications.

New Delhi, July 31 (PTi): Companies conducting online business will now have to provide on their websites details about their registration with the government as well as information about person to be contacted for grievances. The government’s move to introduce the requirement for companies comes against the backdrop of instances where people have been duped by way of fraudulent activities, including through online platforms.

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Now, “every company which has a website for conducting online business or otherwise, shall disclose/publish its name, address of its registered office, the Corporate Identity Number, telephone number, fax number, if any, e-mail and the name of the person who may be contacted in the case of any queries or grievances on the landing/home page of the said website”.

CIN is the unique number allotted to an entity after getting registered under the Companies Act. As for conversion of an unlimited liability company into a firm company limited by shares or guarantee, the ministry has made the norms stricter.Under the amended rules, after conversion, name of the company should not be changed for one year and it will also not be allowed to give dividend unless past debt and liabilities are cleared. In this regard, the ministry said “past debts, liabilities, obligations or contracts do not include secured debts due to banks and financial institutions”.

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NRIs/PIOs can now send funds online for flagship schemes New Delhi, July 31 (PTi): NRIs and Persons of Indian Origion (PIOs) will now be able to make monetary contributions online for government’s flagship programmes ‘Swachch Bharat’ and Clean Ganga among other social sector projects, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj announced here today.

Swaraj said this while chairing a meeting of the India Development Foundation of Overseas Indians (IDF-OI), a not-for-profit trust established by government of India with an aim to supplement country’s social development efforts.

The minister also unveiled IDF-OI’s Online Payment Gateway at the Meeting. During the meet, the Board Members discussed ways to enhance diaspora engagement with India’s social sector. IDF-OI is presently promoting Government of India’s flagship programmesSwachh Bharat and National Mission for Clean Ganga.

IDF-OI, which leads overseas Indian philanthropy into India, is also partnering with the state governments to select projects identified by the states and seek overseas Indians’ engagement with these projects.

MuMbai, July 31 (PTi): Markets regulator SEBI has initiated the first phase of its new enterprise portal to facilitate accurate and timely dissemination of information to the watchdog’s internal and external stakeholders.

The new portal, which would replace the regulator’s existing portal in a phased manner, went live on July 29 and is being developed by IT major Tech Mahindra.

The first phase of the project provides the employees of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and some of its market intermediaries with an interactive portal.

“SEBI started with development of its portal solution as a digital transformation program to exploit the potential of automation, rationalise its application landscape and simplify its technology infrastructure,” Tech Mahindra said in a statement.

The portal provides an e-Platform to registered and prospective intermediaries to communicate in secure, simplified, transparent and paperless way with SEBI.

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citizen Rights awareness campaign held ‘FSA if and when implemented will hugely uplift the mass’ Kohima, July 31 (mExN): A Citizen Rights Awareness Programme was conducted at SBCK High School, Bayavu, Sephuzou Youth Fellowship, Kohima on July 30.

According to a press release, a team consisting of Kohima Law College LL.B Final Year students and led by Professor-in-Charge Kezhokhoto Savi, created awareness amongst the public on topics including National Food Security Act, Lokayukta, Food Safety & Standard Act, Consumer Rights, Child Rights Protection, Environment Protection, Right to Information Act (RTI) and Human Rights.

While presenting on National Food Security Act 2013, the team clarified the information of the rate of wheat given by DC Kohima as Rs.3 per kg as wrong. No beneficiaries either AAY or Priority Household (PHH) would be charged more than Rs.3 per kg for rice and Rs.2 per kg for wheat, the release stated.

National Food Security Act is an act of the Parliament of India which aims to provide subsidized food grains to two-thirds of India’s 1.2 Billion population. The Act also covers the mid-day meal scheme, integrated child development services and recognizes maternity entitle-

ments.

The Act provides for coverage of up to 75% of the rural population and up to 50% of urban population for receiving subsidized foodgrains.

According to the release, beneficiaries of AAY would get 35kg of food grains per month and the eligible persons of Priority Household would be entitled to get 5kgs of food grains per person per month at subsidized prices where ‘Rice’ can be obtained at Rs.3 per kg, wheat at Rs.2 per kg and flours at Rs1 per kg.

This Act has a special focus on the nutritional support to women and chil-

dren. Pregnant women and lactating mothers would be entitled to receive maternity benefit of not less than Rs.6000, it informed.

It is the duty of the state government to take delivery of food grains from the concerned department of central government. The State government shall appoint for each district a redressal officer for expeditious and effective redressal of grievances of the aggrieved persons in matters relating to district wise distributing of food grains under this Act. After a delay of almost three years the Govt. of Nagaland could implement the national food security

act for Dimapur and Kohima “with a commitment that it would soon be implemented in all districts”, the release stated. “This is the Act that the people have waited for long and we now hope that the state government would not fail to fully implement this “National Food Security Act 2013”, as this if and when implemented properly will hugely uplift the general mass specially the weaker section in the state,” it maintained.

For any consumer grievances or query dial Nagaland State Consumer Helpline Toll Free No. 1800-345-3701 during the office working hours.

Citizens of Pungro repair the road leading to the town local ground. With incessant rainfall in most parts of Nagaland, the deplorable roads have only become worse.

ENPO greet Changs Assam Valley Baptist Mission celebrates 11th Foundation Day Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): The Eastern Naga Peoples’ Organisation (ENPO) has extended sincere greetings to all Changs on the occasion of Nyaknyulum festival which is being celebrated in the first week of August.

“The ENPO hope and pray that, while celebrating the festival with full gaiety and enthusiasm, the people of Chang community will extend a message of light and peace to the people around the globe as the festival itself signifies a triumph over darkness,” the ENPO stated in its greetings.

Meanwhile, the ENPO has also felicitated the new team of ENSF led by Sepili Sangtam as president and Imtichoba Chang as general secretary for the tenure 2016-18. While congratulating the team, the ENPO expressed hope that the newly elected ENSF team consisting of well educated and dedicated student leaders would work for the welfare of the student's community particularly the eastern Nagaland area “in full and sincere dedication”.

Jorhat, July 31 (mExN): The 11th Foundation Day celebration of the Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM) was held at its Nakachari HQ today.

Kevi Seyie, member of Angami Baptist Council, Kohima graced the daylong celebration which witnessed various Christian activities from amongst its 52 constituent churches, a press release informed.

The programme started with flag hoisting by its president followed by the speaker dedicating a motorbike, sponsored by the Kumlong Baptist Church, Mokokchung, and a newly carved out office, with its furniture donated by the Alempang Baptist Church, Mokokchung.

Seyie in her message dwelt on the topic “Right Foundation” where she touched many a hearts from among the con-

gregation with her almost perfect Assamese which was an asset for many in penetrating the word of God, the release stated. Later, she and her colleague Kole Natso offered prayers for persons suffering from different ailments.

The choir team of Jorhat Baptist Church enthralled the congregation with special numbers. It is pertinent to mention that this church was established in 1906 and is located in the ETC Jorhat campus.

The Assam Valley Baptist Mission (AVBM) is a common Baptist Christian venture initiated by about 28 Baptist Churches, mostly independent churches located in the district of Jorhat, Sivasagar and Golaghat and bordering with Nagaland in the year 2005.

Aftermath the celebration of Golden Jubilee of Nakachari

Ao Baptist Church in 1996, the church endeavoured on a vision to help nurture Baptist churches around them and church installed a pastor at Nakachari Ao Baptist Church on January 9, 2000.

Nakachari Ao Baptist Church gainfully used the pastor's services services in nurturing and connecting surrounding churches thereby succeeded in forming the mission in Jorhat region.

To start with, the Deacon board decided to invite likeminded churches and organised a general meeting. On Sunday of July 31, 2005, taking the willingness and presence of 28 churches, the leaders founded a platform of “Baptist Mission” at Nakachari Ao Baptist Church.

Later, on January 24, 2006, through a general council meeting, the congregation

unanimously named this common platform of connecting the churches as “Assam Valley Baptist Mission”. Today, it has a total of 52 constituent churches.

The mission has succeeded in employing two evangelists, a missionary and sponsoring few deserving pastors, sending out students to Impur Bible School and SHIATS, Allahabad so far in partnership of sponsors received through Nagaland Missions Movement (NMM) Dimapur, Diphupar Ao Baptist Arogo, Dimapur, Kumlong, Mangmetong, Chungtia and Alempang Baptist Churches in Mokokchung district, Kohima Ao Baptist Church (KABA), Clark Theological College Faculty & Students Union, Aolijen and individual volunteers with a great theme - “Go therefore and make disciples of all Nations”.

PTYC constitute new office bearers NPRAAF appreciates DoSW; some issues remain Kohima, July 31 (mExN): The Phek Town Youth Club (PTYC) re-construction committee/advisory board convened a meeting on July 24 last and constituted a new team of office bearers of the PTYC for the tenure 2016-18 with Seyieveto Lohe as Convenor, Veto Hoshi as co-convenor, Chepetso Koza and Nuthitalu Luruo as Secretary Generals.

Other members include: Secretary of Finance- Nukuto Chizo, TreasurerPelo Kronu, Secretaries of Public Relations/Media- Meyete Thahu, Chizokho Vero and Zhoto Dozo, Secretaries of Sports- Beduve Rio, Wezote-u Mero and Chewule K. Tara, Secretaries of Art & Culture-Razukhruyi Dozo and Mulevolu Chizo.

Advisory Board: Convenor- Vesheta Khesoh, Members- Asakho Venuh, Kuhusu Vero, Ruvi Nusory and Veshekho Rhakho.

Monitoring Board: Convenor- Neingutso Mekrisuh, Members- Mulehu Khesoh, Zhosakho Khesoh and Shekhohii Chizo.

Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): The Nagaland Public Rights Awareness and Action Forum (NPRAAF) has appreciated the response of the Department of Social Welfare (DoSW) while also raising questions on some of the other anomalies pointed out by it originally following an RTI. The Information and Publicity Cell of the NPRAAF today stated that the issue of NGOs maintaining multiple homes and thus availing Grant-in-Aid (GIA) stands clarified, as does the 3% of total project cost of any central/state programme.

However, the “issue of deductions” in GIA to some NGOs remained “unclear.” As per the NPRAAF, it raised the specific point after “physically visiting the beneficiaries who pointed out that they were made to sign receipts quoting higher amount of money but were actually given lesser amount.”

The NPRAAF maintained that it has evidence to “prove this point” and it is willing to “jointly visit such beneficiaries if the DoSW so desires.”

On re-registration of old trucks illegally in Nagaland

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he recent news item of de-registered old trucks coming to Nagaland and re-registering again illegally here in our state leaves one to wonder how cheap and far we Nagas can go for easy money. We Nagas have lost all the credibility of our self image and our own worth.

All illegal style of doing work prevails rampantly without any iota of shame in our so called ‘Nagaland for Christ’. In the recent past too, illegal gun licenses and driving licenses were detected from around the country. While birth certificates issued to illegal immigrants were detected during the NCR in Assam raises many questions that don’t seem to have any answer. Many stolen vehicles are said to be brought to Nagaland and reregistered again which is not a secret. Are there any honest Nagas left? Is there any department left in Nagaland that work judiciously or honestly and in fear of God? When there is a plenty of opportunity to do all illegal things and full of people ready to these unlawful acts anything anytime for easy money, there will be no dearth of crooks and scoundrels from all over who will come in search of them. Today our land lies completely in shambles by this menace of corruption which has wrecked every moral foundation of our society. I wonder if the people who are indulging in all these shameless and wicked act ever think what land their children are going to inherit after they are gone.

Salang Imchen

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agaland is indeed unique because of the reasons enumerated here below: 1. The State of Nagaland has become the youngest in the race for development than those of the States in NE India which are a decade younger in terms of statehood creation.

2. Nagaland has vehicles without worth calling roads. Our roads are specially made to keep the drivers alert and awake throughout driving. This road policy evolved

by NPWD reduces accidents worth copying by other developed nations. New Ministers’ Hill, Kohima road tops the chart. Unique Achievement award can be expected from Bali by year end.

3. Nagaland has the highest employment population ratio and the lowest rate of attendance in office by employees. They are the privilege class as they enjoy facilities without sweat. I am part of it.

4. Nagaland Govt. employees are born twice. It’s really unique for them to have two Dates of Birth each. One is for tithe and the other is for self, after all they are also Christians who are expected to give tithe honestly. An employee remains young so long in service, and he or she instantly becomes several years older simultaneous with retirement. Then the older-younger sister or brother instantly retains the

In its ‘RTI reply’ to the NPRAAF, the DoSW had stated, “Individuals are not granted GIA or other monetary assistance.”

However, the Forum pointed out that “a certain individual was found to have been given monetary assistance during the year 2013-14 on the recommendation of National Commission for protection of Child Rights and duly endorsed by State Level Selection Committee.”

The NPRAAF found this “contradictory” to the RTI response furnished by the DoSW and wondered if “any eligibility criteria for central/state programme can be compromised on the recommendations of some commissions/authorities.”

Further, the Department had clarified that any pending payments to NGOs were due to the beneficiaries not coming forward to claim the GIA. In this regard, NPRAAF has earlier cited an instance where “a certain children home expressed surprise that it was also shown as a beneficiary of Rs 80, 000/- in the RTI document.

Thereafter only, the particular children

home went and claimed the amount from the Department.”

In the light of this, the NPRAAF appealed the DoSW to inform beneficiaries of any GIA available for them “since without being informed, no NGO would have knowledge of such sanctioned benefits for them.”

The Forum also pointed out that there are “several other instances” where the GIA amount given to beneficiaries did not match with the RTI replies furnished to NPRAAF. For instance, in Annexure – I, a “certain NGO” was shown as a beneficiary of Rs. 2 lakh, however, in the A.P.R receipt, the same beneficiary was shown to have received Rs. 1.5 lakh only. Another NGO was shown as a beneficiary of Rs. 1 lakh but the A.P.R receipt showed that the beneficiary received only Rs 80, 000/-, informed the NPRAAF. “There are several other similar anomalies and irregularities,” maintained the NPRAAF, welcoming a “joint sitting and verification” with the DoSW to understand and resolve the issues.

One killed in accident Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): One person was killed when a truck fell off the National Highway-29 and into the Chathe River near the Chumukedima Police Check gate late on Saturday night. Police informed that the ill-fated truck was returning from Manipur when the accident occurred at around 9:30pm. Two others escaped with minor injuries.

ANCSU 37th Foundation Day on August 2 Kohima, July 31 (mExN): The 37th Foundation Day of All Nagaland College Students’ Union (ANCSU) will take place on August 2 at the Zonal Council Hall, Kohima from 10:30 am. Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Greetings will be shared

by Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) President, Subenthung Kithan and ANCSU Tribunal General, Kezhazer Angami. Former ANCSU President Theja Therie will also speak on the occasion. Presidential address will be delivered by ANCSU President, Zhoku Thuluo. The function will be chaired by former ANCSU Auditor General, Kesosul Christopher Ltu, while ANCSU General Secretary Benjongakum Longchar will propose vote of thanks.

Awareness camp on substance abuse JaluKiE, July 31 (mExN): Health Sub-Centre Management Committee of Mhainamtsi, Jalukie block under Nagaland Health Project held an awareness camp on ‘substance abuse’ at Community Hall, Mhainamtsi on July 30. The resource person of the programme, chaired by Sani Stephen, Member Secretary HSCMC Mhainamtsi, was Ngauzeulungbe, District ICTC Supervisor, NSACS Peren. Invocation prayer was said by MG Gangkhui, Pastor, RBC (M), while vote of thanks was delivered by Adam Gangmei, President, Youth Club (M).

BJP elevates two officials Dimapur, July 31 (mExN): The Nagaland State BJP President, Visasolie Lhoungu has elevated James Patton to the post of Convenor Co-operative Cell at the state level. The appointment has been done “in the interest of the party and in recognition of the seniority and loyalty to the party,” stated the president in an order. In a separate order, the State BJP President also appointed L. Meribemo Kinghen as Wokha District President of the party on adhoc basis. The handing and taking over charge of the district office should properly be done with intimation to the party head office, Visasolie stated. The orders have been issued based on the meeting resolution passed on July 21, 2016 by the party workers of the district concerned, it was mentioned.

Public SPace How unique is Nagaland? seniority in the family on superannuation. Unique indeed.

5. The wisdom of politicians and bureaucrats in Nagaland is so unique that the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulations, 2012 and Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 2012 will give maximum benefit to people from outside Nagaland and minimum benefit to Nagas of Nagaland when oil is explored under these Rules.

The award was received already from foreign land for the rules were uniquely drafted.

6. Nagaland has maximum administrative HQs without manpower. The excess administration without administration is the unique arrangement.

7. Nagaland is in Before Christ (BC) in terms of Census and Electoral Roll. Several settlements had shrunk their Census figures of 2011 from 2001. The total E-Roll of 2011 was 13.40 lakh is now reduced to 11.40 lakh out of purification. 2 lakh reduced in 2016 and it can still be reduced with more than justifications. Both Census and E-Roll are expected to reduce further by 2021. Thus, Nagaland counts in BC order which is indeed unique.

8. Nagaland has one real

unique feature is that several Villages have voters in E-Roll exceeding total population. Yet, no absentees during polls. Doing well.

9. The Govt. quarters with lands are rapidly diminishing everywhere with the increase in employee population. What a unique mismatch! The spineless Govt. with IAS, NCS and legions of Police led by myopic politicians are no match to marauding so-called land owners who are devouring the public properties alive. Perhaps Govt. is confident to accommodate its employees in purgatory after few years when there is no more Govt. accommodation.

Uniquely irresponsible and careless which definitely deserves award from Bali.

10. Nagaland has sufficient vibrant bureaucrats having no ability to become shock-absorbers and speed breakers. What a waste?

11. Nagaland Govt. goes on appointing more and more employees without giving them salary.

Employees not causing financial burden to Govt. is unique.

12. Nagaland has the highest number of Theological Colleges producing the quietest theologians and perhaps filled with the

spirit of timidity.

13. The unabated proxy teaching, the over-staff and under-staff schools and the shamble infrastructures under Education Departments added to the uniqueness of Nagaland.

14. The pathetic Govt. health centres without manpower and basic amenities and with nothing to cater to public health is unique.

What is more unique is the empty health centres do not cure ailment of anybody.

15. Another unique feature of Nagaland is BPL is in need and APL is in deed. How Govt. treats its people make me a pessimist.

National Food Security Act will be short lived. Because the Civil Supply Minister and his cohorts to khujuli lagebo after a while.

16. Nagaland has over its due share of parasitical NGOs contributing more harm to our society than good.

17. The 1989 Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act was aimed at making the crook black marketers to rapidly annihilate the lives of consumers with spurious liquor which inflow is uniquely unabated. The free flow of liquor will continue because few cases of

liquor are prone to irritate the eyes of the enforcers of NLTPA but the kingpins are too soft to irritate their eyes due to kickbacks.

18. Nagaland has tendencies to over eat out of festivities in the name of ‘Land of Festivals’ than saving what meagre is left. Spending and consuming unmeasured is our uniqueness.

19. The sale of vote in Nagaland is unique, and Nagaland election is as same as the atmosphere in African zoo.

20. The latest addendum of uniqueness is the e-disposal of business transaction within 15 minutes by NLA in the last Session.

What an efficient, classic and supersonic performance. The voters must reward them appropriately.

Mathew 12:38:- The Pharisees and the teachers of law demanded miracle from Jesus. The Lord reprimanded them saying that only the wicked and adulterous generation seek for miraculous signs. There is no dearth of miracles in Nagaland. Had those Pharisees and law teachers being in our midst today, they would have been satisfied with the above miracles and would not have approached Jesus to receive the rebuke.

At this rate, we have much potentiality to add more unique features to beautiful NAGALAND. Z. Lohe

The Morung Express “Public Space” is to provide space for diverse opinions to be expressed and heard. The opinions in the “Public Space” do not reflect the views and position of the newspaper nor the editor.

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THE MORUNG EXPRESS

The Power of Truth

The Morung Express volume Xi issue 210 By moa Jamir

Are you with us or not?

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he real-life Howard Beale of Indian newsroom was “mad as hell.” Even by his own standards, Arnab Goswami’s open call for acting against those who “disagree” with him was unprecedented. Goswami is the editor-in-chief and anchor of the news channel Times Now. In his widely popular prime time discussion show Newshour, hashtagged #ProPakDovesSilent, he ranted against “a section of pseudo-liberals” for vilifying the army and security forces over the ongoing unrest in Kashmir. “...Many of these pseudo-liberals have been vilifying our army, abusing our army, and pressurising our army and our paramilitary forces operating in the most hostile of circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir...,” Goswami thundered.

Pratik Kanjibal in a column in The Indian Express wrote that while the rest of India was observing Kargil Divas, Goswami “observed” by remembering his “competitors” adding that his diatribe was framed as a call to public action against a whole class of citizens, from television anchors to students who do not share his views.

“Do these people compromise our national security or not?... And if they do, which we know they do...Why don’t we take on these people?” the self-proclaimed dispenser of justice and conscience keeper of India nudged his viewers.

Change “Jammu and Kashmir” to any conflict areas in India, especially the Northeast, his assertion is serious, ominous and a death knell.

Sensationalism is one thing but baying for the blood of others who disagree with one’s view is purely diabolical and vindictive. However, in Goswami’s theatrics world of journalism, he is the Judge, Jury, and the Executioner. Polarization is the name of the game. You are either with “us or not.”

Nothing is grey in his matter and there is no middle path.

Integrity, in his lingo, is the ultimate devotion to something he considers as the ultimate truth. Objectivity, thus, is the biggest casualty. “Television is a God-damned amusement park! ...We're in the boredom-killing business!” the reel life anchor Howard Beale bellowed in the movie “Network.”

Goswami has appropriated this to a frightening extent.

For one thing is for sure, people watch the channel not for its newsworthiness but for the ruckus and dramatic theatrical entertainment it presents by manoeuvring the daily news.

In fact, it is the new runaway reality TV show keeping the nation riveted with cleverly crafted story with distinct plotline and presentation. Panels are carefully selected. The idea is not to debate an issue in a nuanced manner but to indulge them in confrontations. Thus, two belligerent parties from extreme poles are pitted to shout against each other while sane voices are craftily silenced in the background.

That a soldier who wrote a scathing attack against the Kashmiri protester or a retired veteran who shed copious tears on national TV during the JNU fracas is now a permanent fixture in the show is a case in point. Vilification and character assassination by taking a position based on his ideological conceptualization of India becomes a regular fixture in his ‘trial hour,’ notwithstanding India’s constitutional values and ethos.

Negotiation is not his forte and pluralism is a passé but insinuation and instigation, the show has in abundance. Consequently, he once called a fellow journalist a “cover for Indian Mujahidin,” and lashed out at JNU students for being “worse than Maoist,” which apart from doctored tapes, start the disparagement of the entire institution. His stated position on many issues borders on rogue vigilantism and jingoism.

Toe his line or the judge will pronounce you unworthy of either your patriotism or citizenship. Fervent populist rhetoric with selective presentation, ideological proclivity towards the majoritarian worldview is pitted against traditional pluralism India cultivated over the years.

By calling the other media, ‘pseudo-liberals’, his cosying up with the nationalistic force seems to be fermented. But such assertion is dangerous and holds adverse ramification of those working in conflict areas. The media is considered a watchdog of public affairs and government. Any journalistic code of ethics will entail you to go beyond superficiality and objectively present, for instance, the underlying causes of conflict from all points of view. But insinuating the audience to act against not toeing the official position, the idea of a free press is itself put on trial, ironically by one of its own.

“Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media,” Noam Chomsky once wrote arguing that “Freedom of Press is fundamental to the foundation of the country.”

It portentously and frighteningly resonates with the current episode.

For any comment, drop a line to moajamir@live.com

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Ellen Wulfhorst Thomson Reuters Foundation

More than half of newborns not breastfed in first hour raising health risks: UNICEF

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ore than half of newborn babies are not breastfed within the first hour of life, putting them at heightened risk of disease and death, the United Nations' children's agency said on Friday, highlighting sub-Saharan Africa as an area of concern.

Feeding babies within an hour of birth passes on critical nutrients, antibodies and skin contact with their mothers that can protect them, UNICEF said. Delaying breastfeeding by two to 23 hours after birth increases the risk of a baby dying in its first month by 40 percent and delaying by 24 hours or more increases the risk of death to 80 percent, UNICEF said. Studies shows newborns account for nearly half of all deaths of children under age 5.

UNICEF, which has been campaigning to promote early breastfeeding, estimates 77 million babies around the world each year are not breastfed within the first hour of their life. It estimates about 130 million babies are born each year. "Breast milk is a baby's first vaccine, the first and best protection they have against illness and disease," France Bégin, UNICEF senior nutrition adviser, said in a statement. "Making babies wait too long for the first critical contact with their mother outside the womb decreases the newborn's chances of survival, limits milk supply and reduces the chances of exclusive breastfeeding."

Efforts to promote early breastfeeding have been slow, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where mortality rates for children under age 5 are high, UNICEF said. Early breastfeeding rates nudged up to 60 percent in 2015 from 51 percent in 2000 in East and Southern Africa and were unchanged in West and Central Africa, it said.

In South Asia, rates of early breastfeeding tripled from 2000 but 21 million newborns a year are not breastfed in the first hour, UNICEF said. Among the obstacles, UNICEF said, doctors, nurses and midwives assisting births in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia are less likely to promote early breastfeeding than are unskilled attendants or relatives assisting. In some countries UNICEF said it is customary to feed a baby infant formula, cow's milk or sugar water in its first three days.

If all babies were fed nothing but breast milk from birth to six months, more than 800,000 lives could be saved each year, UNICEF said. Around the world, 43 percent of infants less than 6 months old are fed breast milk exclusively, according to UNICEF. Those who are not breastfed at all are 14 times more likely to die than those fed only breast milk, it said.

The figures were released ahead of World Breastfeeding Week running from August 1 to August 7 in more than 170 nations.

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Edgardo Ayala Inter Press Service

El Salvador Faces Dilemma over the Prosecution of War Criminals

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he ruling of the highest court to repeal the amnesty law places El Salvador in the dilemma of deciding whether the country should prosecute those who committed serious violations to human rights during the civil war.

It also evidences that, more than two decades after the end of the conflict in 1992, reconciliation is proving elusive in this Central American country with 6.3 million inhabitants.

At the heart of the matter is the pressing need to bring justice to the victims of war crimes while, on the other hand, it implies a huge as well as difficult task, since it will entail opening cases that are more than two decades old, involving evidence that has been tampered or lost, if at all available, and witnesses who have already died.

Those who oppose opening such cases highlight the precarious condition of the judiciary, which has important inadequacies and is cluttered with a plethora of unsentenced cases.

“I believe Salvadorans as a whole, the population and the political forces are not in favour of this (initiating prosecution), they have turned the page”, pointed out left-wing analyst Salvador Samayoa, one of the signatory parties of the Peace Agreements that put an end to 12 years of civil war.

The 12 years of conflict left a toll of 70,000 casualties and more than 8,000 people missing.

Samayoa added that right now El Salvador has too many problems and should not waste its energy on problems pertaining to the past.

For human rights organizations, finding the truth, serving justice and providing redress prevail over the present circumstances and needs.

“Human rights violators can no longer hide behind the amnesty law, so they should be investigated once and for all”, said Miguel Montenegro, director of the El Salvador Commission of Human Rights, a non-governmental organization, told IPS. The Supreme Court of Justice, in what is deemed to be a historical ruling, on 13 July ruled that the General Amnesty Act for the Consolidation of, passed in 1993, is unconstitutional, thus opening the door to prosecuting those accused of committing war crimes

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N member states “are going beyond rhetoric and earnestly working to achieve real progress” towards the Sustainable Goals, the members of the Group of 77 and China said in a ministerial statement delivered here on 18 July.

The statement was delivered by Ambassador Virachai Plasai, Chair of the Group Of 77 (G77) and China during the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) which took place at UN Headquarters in New York from 18 to 20 July.

During the forum, the 134 members of the G77 and China reaffirmed the importance of not only achieving the Sustainable Development Goals but also the driving principle of leaving no one behind. “We must identify the “how” in reaching out to those furthest behind,” said Plasai who is also Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Thailand to the UN. “To make this real, we cannot simply reaffirm all the principles recognised in the (2030) Agenda, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, but must earnestly implement them in all our endeavours,” Plasai added.

The UN’s 193 member states unanimously adopted the 2030 Development Agenda, including the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in September 2015. The goals reflect the importance of the three aspects of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental, and countries will work towards achieving them by the year 2030.

However more still needs to be done to ensure that developing countries have access to the resources they need to meet the goals, said Plasai.

“We reiterate that enhancing support to developing countries is fundamental, including through provision of development financial resources,

and crimes against humanity during the conflict.

In its ruling, the Court considered that Articles 2 and 144 of said amnesty law are unconstitutional on the grounds that they violate the rights of the victims of war crimes and crimes against humanity to resort to justice and seek redress.

It further ruled that said crimes are not subject to the statute of limitations and can be tried regardless of the date on which they were perpetrated.

“We have been waiting for this for many years; without this ruling no justice could have been done”, told IPS activist Engracia Echeverría, from the Madeleine Lagadec Center for the Promotion of Defence of Human Rights.

This organization is named after the French nun who was raped and murdered by government troops in April 1989, when they attacked a hospital belonging to the guerrilla group Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).

The activist stressed that, even though it is true that a lot of information relevant to the cases has been lost, some data can still be obtained by the investigators in the District Attorney’s General Office in charge of criminal prosecution, in case some people wish to instigate an investigation.

The law has been strongly criticized by human rights organizations within and outside the country, since its enactment in March 1993.

Its critics have claimed that it promoted impunity by protecting Army and guerrilla members who committed human rights crimes during the conflict.

However, its advocates have been both retired and active Army members, as well as right-wing politicians and businessmen in the country, since it precisely prevented justice being served to these officers –who are seen as responsible for frustrating the victory of the FMLN. “All the crimes committed were motivated by an attack by the guerrilla”, claimed retired general Humberto Corado, former Defence Minister between 1993 and 1995.

The now repealed act was passed only five days after the Truth Commission, mandated by the United Nations to investigate human rights abuses dur-

ing the civil war, had published its report with 32 specific cases, 20 of which were perpetrated by the Army and 12 by insurgents.

Among those cases were the murders of archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero in March 1980; four American nuns in December of the same year, and hundreds of peasants who were shot in several massacres, like those which took place in El Mozote in December 1981 and in Sumpul in May 1980.

Also, six Jesuit priests and a woman and her daughter were murdered in November 1989, a case already being investigated by a Spanish court.

The Truth Commission has also pointed to some FMLN commanders, holding them accountable for the death of several mayors who were targeted for being considered part of the government’s counterinsurgent strategy.

Some of those insurgents are now government officials, as is the case with director of Civil Protection Jorge Meléndez.

Before taking office in 2009, the FMLN, now turned into a political party, strongly criticized the amnesty law and advocated in favour of its repeal, on the grounds that it promoted impunity.

But, after winning the presidential elections that year with Mauricio Funes, it changed its stance and no longer favoured the repeal of the law. Since 2014, the country has been governed by former FMLN commander Salvador Sánchez Cerén.

In fact, the governing party has deemed the repeal as “reckless”, with the President stating on July 15 that Court magistrates “were not considering the effects it could have on the already fragile coexistence” and urging to take the ruling “with responsibility and maturity while taking into account the best interests of the country”.

After the law was ruled unconstitutional, the media were saturated with opinions and analyses on the subject, most of them pointing out the risk of the country being destabilized and on the verge of chaos due to the countless number of lawsuits that could pile up in the courts dealing with war cases.

“To those people who fiercely claim that magistrates have turned the country into a hell we must respond that hell is what the victims and their families have gone –and continue to go- through”, reads the release written on July 15 by the officials of the José Simeón Cañas Central American University, where the murdered Jesuits lived and worked in 1989.

Furthermore, the release states that most of the victims demand to be listened to, in order to find out the truth and be able to put a face on those they need to forgive.

In fact, at the heart of the debate lies the idea of restorative justice as a mechanism to find out the truth and heal the victims’ wounds, without necessarily implying taking perpetrators to jail.

“We do not want them to be jailed for a long period of time, we want perpetrators to tell us why they killed them, given that they knew they were civilians”, stressed Echeverría.

“And we want them to apologize, we want someone to be held accountable for these deaths”, she added.

In the case of Montenegro, himself a victim of illegal arrest and tortures in 1986, he said that it is necessary to investigate those who committed war crimes in order to find out the truth but, even more importantly, as a way for the country to find the most suitable mechanisms to forgive and provide redress”.

However, general Corado said that restorative justice was “hypocritical, its only aim being to seek revenge”.

Beyond Rhetoric: UN Member States Start Work on Global Goals lyndal Rowlands Inter Press Service

transfer of technology, enhanced international support and targeted capacity-building, and promoting a rules-based and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system,” he said.

“We urge the international community and relevant stakeholders to make real progress in these issues, including through the G20 Summit in China which will focus on developing action plans to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda.”

At a separate meeting during the High Level Political Forum the G77 and China noted some of the specific gaps that remain in financing for development.

During that meeting the G77 and China expressed concern that rich countries are failing to meet their commitments to deliver Official Development Assistance (ODA) – the official term for aid – to developing countries.

“We note with concern that efforts and genuine will to address these issues are still lagging behind as reflected in this year’s outcome document of the Financing for Development forum which failed to address (gaps in ODA),” said Chulamanee Chartsuwan, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative Of The Kingdom of Thailand to the UN, on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.

Speaking during the forum on July 19, UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon underscored the importance of the High Level Political Forum, “as the global central platform for follow-up and review of the Sustainable Development Goals.”

Ban presented the results of the first Sustainable Development Goals report released by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs on July 20. The report used “data currently available to highlight the most significant gaps and challenges” in achieving the 2030 Agenda, said Ban. “The latest data show that about one person in eight still lives in extreme poverty,” he said. “Nearly 800 million people suffer from hunger.” “The births of nearly a quarter of children under 5 have not been recorded.” “1.1 billion people are living without electricity, and water scarcity affects more than 2 billion.”

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Leaving No One Behind Ban also noted that the importance of collecting data about the groups within countries that are more likely to be “left behind”, such as peoples with disabilities or indigenous peoples.

Collecting separate data about how these groups fare is considered one way for governments to help achieve Sustainable Development Goal 10

which aims to decrease inequality within countries.

However SDG 10 also aims to address inequalities between countries, an important objective for the G77, as the main organisation bringing together developing countries at the UN the G77 wants to make sure that countries in special circumstances are not left behind.

Countries in special circumstances include “in particular African countries, least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and Small Island Developing States, as well as countries in conflict and post-conflict situations,” said Chartsuwan.

However while the world’s poorest and most fragile countries have specific challenges, many middle income countries also have challenges too, the G77 statement noted.

Climate Change Agreement Needs Implementation Developing countries, and particularly countries with special circumstances, are among those that are most adversely affected by climate change, and therefore wish to see speedy adoption and implementation of the Paris Climate Change Agreement alongside the 2030 Agenda.

Ban told the forum that he will host a special event during the UN General Assembly at 8am on September 21 for countries to deposit their instruments of ratification. “We have 178 countries who have signed this Paris Agreement, and 19 countries have deposited their instrument of ratification.” “As you are well aware, we need the 55 countries to ratify, and 55 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions accounted.” “These 19 countries all accounted is less than 1 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.”

“So we need to do much more,” he said.

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The Morung Express POLL RESULTS

Can nBCC’s admission of failure as a ChurCh Be seen as an opportunity to start doing and speaking what is right?

Some of those who voted YES had this to say: • Yes. When a leader admitted its weakness and shortcoming with full of dignity and honesty, it sensed that there is inherent awareness of social change for the betterment of the society.

• Yes. But at other times also we admit our failures but the question here is can we change for the better? We are good at lectures but do not walk the talk. We are not admitting the truth.

• Yes. The narrative of the NBCC has slowly been changing under the leadership of Dr. Keyho for the better. From a point of submission and humility, we can move forward...and the admission coming from NBCC has a strong message for other apex organizations, leaders, all of us • Irrespective of whether it is our Naga apex civil societies, NPGs, tribal organisations, political parties, the state government or the various denominations. Our collective and individual egos are enormous. NBCC coming out to admit its shortcomings is a very significant gesture. Every Naga should appreciate their humility and give the finger pointing and blame game a rest. Infact, other organisations, political parties and the government should also come out and do the same. We have all failed one way or the other.

• Yes. I appreciate it very much that there are still people in an organisation that had sadly been losing the faith of its members, making an effort to correct. It will not be an overnight change as there may still be many who will resist the call for change, but at least the right step is being taken and I hope church leaders will hear this admission and make an effort along with their congregations to genuinely change. We have to start somewhere in any corner, however insignificant it may seem. Well done NBCC for the admission and the call...

• Yes. A true admission is based on acknowledging ones failures and then doing what is right.

• Yes. However, hitherto it is apparent that the NBCC, in dealing with socio-eco-political scenario, has adopted a reserved approach. Given its mandate which I believe is still strong, there is a need for a revamp in its approach. Take for instance, the Clean Election Campaign (CEC). A revamp would mean introducing the campaign in villages instead of Kohima. NBCC, through its various branches, could have chosen each village in each district as a model village and launched the CEC simultaneously. This could have had a much greater penetrating impact and face value, given the scenario in our villages.

Yet, because of NBCC’s disconnect it does not seem bothered to take opinions. Hence, any change that NBCC proposes to initiate MUST start from the villages wherever possible. CEC has immense potential as harbinger of change, and I support it. But the approach of NBCC, in general, needs a revamp and restructuring.

• About time!! "If you are wrong, own up to what you didn't do right. That's how you learn and earn respect".

• Yes. NBCC has been for too long leading from behind. Now we'll see if it's capable of leading from the front.

• Yes. This is the way to do it. Acknowledging one's own failure and mistakes is the first step forward. In our Naga society so many of our organisations need to own up for their mistakes, but they keep justifying all the time. We the public are not so dumb. We may keep quiet and silent but it does not mean we don’t know what is happening. This is a big step. I hope the NBCC will not stop here. They need to not only admit their failure, but seek forgiveness from the people and take corrective steps.

• Many churches in Nagaland is a failure churches, not meeting the truth gospel, not feeding the poor in spirit. That’s has no power even the small lie led into truth. Wealth has over power the churches, wealthy peoples dominating the pulpit and the church administrations. The proxy vote and money power thus played a very important role in Nagaland because many Christians and church leaders fail to understand the truth's gospel. NBCC admission was totally based on truth. We needed the honest and true man's of God to lead our people into Canaan.

• Yes. Thank you NBCC for your bold confession. This is what we were all waiting for.

• Yes. The churches in Nagaland can do many social reforms since all the citizens are the members of church. Infact, we cannot do as exactly as Mizoram church since they are centralized but in our own way we can, as did for Prohibition, unison voice for clean election. Likewise, there are many areas where the church participation is very much anticipated by the masses.

• Yes. At last the ROOSTER had crowed. It is Judas who must be churning in his grave. Akin to his betrayal to His Lord, our Churches were no less in their inability to voice against corruptionists.

• Yes. The church had confessed. Now, it’s the People who form our Govt & Bureaucracy should follow suit. Eve had confessed, now Adam too has to agree on the wrongdoings they were committing till now. The illegimate father had confessed. Now let his bastards come forward.

• NBCC must show how to stop sinners from sinning. Preaching 2000 years old stories from the Old Testament every Sunday morning will not be enough to instill guilty conscience into our already filthy loaded minds of Govt & Bureaucracy top minds. They may sit in the front pews of every sermon, but their minds are all wandering what Monday can do to inflate their wallets.

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n some ways, the most worrying thing about 2016 is that there are still more than five months of it left. Given just how much bad news has been packed into the year so far, the question has to be asked – what else could go wrong?

The answer, of course, is a lot.

It may well be that the mass casualty assaults in Paris, Brussels, Nice, Munich and Orlando – as well as a smattering of smaller attacks in France and Germany in particular – are only the beginning. Not all are necessarily linked to Islamist militant groups, but in each case they are raising the temperature of local domestic politics in a distinctly dangerous way.

In the Middle East, Islamic State is unquestionably losing ground in Iraq and Syria, but that may not make the group any less likely to strike out. This weekend’s bombing in Kabul – as well as other similar incidents in Iraq and elsewhere – act as a savage reminder that the level of terror attacks in the West remains incredibly low in comparison.

Nor are these the only – or necessarily even the greatest – dangers. Tensions with both Russia and China could well ratchet higher. The European Union remains in turmoil – it’s not just Brexit; the euro zone crisis remains entirely unresolved.

The number of countries suffering some kind of internal political crisis is also alarmingly high. After its attempted coup on July 15, Turkey appears more unstable than at any time in recent history – which is awkward, as it is something of a linchpin to Western policy on a variety of fronts. Russia

there now...hope hope IS not lost again...elections of hope is coming..

• Preach the code of righteousness and truthfulness... Not the stories of Abraham & Moses...every kid already knows the story of Fa- • I agree with Dr. Keyho that Naga Church has failed to reign on reckther Abraham. Church preachers should get to the practical aspect less wayward and unethical practices that stifled growth and development of the State. No one questions anybody from top to the rather than just blabbering to know all stories every Sunday's.

• Yes. So heartening to hear from NBCC....it appears the present bottom. Everyone is individually focused to gain wherever they can.

Govt has no fund to present the NBCC officials this term. That's That has basically become our way of dealing; it’s almost a competiwhy the confession. There was always a nexus, but NBCC too has tion who can exploit more. Their blind actions are hurting everyone.

But Naga Church is not the primary actor. They cannot be blamed as stomach to fill, the present TR govt had failed to get the percentages cut for our NBCC. Nagas are so naive, this confession appears an institution every single person in Nagaland must take responsibility. We must stop today free handout from elected officials. They are too true, but in reality, it is a revenge.

• Yes. Real Christian should be honest in acts and speaks and start not our bank. Government Contractors or private of all kinds must cease 50-60% profit base operation. Their work must be guaranteed again from where we left • Yes. Absolutely … they have a very big obligation to the masses … for 10 years. No one must be above the law including elected official, But the big question is, “Is it another show-off again?” People have bureaucrats, underground or overground and even church leaderlost faith in the church leaders ... when they opt for the rich, which ship. Our community must take responsibility. As Christian faith is not simply a fire insurance to go to heaven but a commitment to live is a fact … Havent the church leaders heard of Mizoram?

• Admitting that NBCC has failed is a start which is good. After this our faith in the world. To practice faith everyday not just on Sundays. what’s the next step is yet to be seen. Everyone can admit and say Church must do some serious teachings at the base. Our schools we have failed but many stops the buck there. So there should be from K to Graduate school must teach ethics and civic responsibility a U turn of events after saying it has failed otherwise it will just be along with prayer. Accountability and integrity must start from each of words to appease the people. And words anyone can say, but it’s us from top to the bottom otherwise we will be discussing the same corruption and bad roads and electricity 50 years from now. the action that follows that matters. NBCC on the other hand being the spiritual body has set a good example for the State and the • We talk about corruption poor governance poor development bad people by its humility in saying they have failed. This in itself shows roads etc etc… but when someone or some org or body or union the real calling of our Heavenly Father. Humility. Respect to them etc start doing something good we point our fingers at them with all and I believe break through will happen in other influential areas of the negativity esp. with "ism" if one does not belong to that Union or organisation. This is really hampering our progress. NBCC admitour State. There is Hope. Thank you Rev. Keyho for being a chanted that it has failed in the clean election campaign but the question nel of blessing.

• Yes. Its commendable for NBCC to realise their miserable failures is who has failed it?. Who cast the votes? Are we a part of the problem or a part of the solution? Fighting corruption requires more than govt policy laws tool legal system, it requires moral values etc We need role models campaigns and many approaches to educate the people to inspire young generations to change the mindset of corrupt people. Various levels, orgnisations, denominations is needed to impart values of ethics • Is Rev. Z. Keyho declaring this "failure" in his personal capacity or on behalf of NBCC? Before the Naga people reconvert to animism by losing faith in Christianity, the NBCC must review, ponder and repent its folly. And if possible, reshuffle or change its set of corrupt leaders. Or, if the present church leaders are admitting their guilts and failures, it is good time for them to resign and give chance to others who are necessarily not "Reverends" or "Doctors" but who are true servants of God! • Resign is not a viable solution, for it is not a political office. But the church leaders can collect relevant issues on the failures and discuss ways to correct and reform and redirect their focus and public stand.

• We as a human it is very difficult to admit our wrongs and say sorry. Much appreciated for their humility. Now is the time for every Naga organisations and individuals to retrospect /introspect ourselves and be humble. High times we Nagas stop blame game and UNITE for good, before all we Nagas are doomed.

• Today NBCC is seen more like a political party. Has to retrospect and be a real church that works for God. Don't expect favour and don't favour the rich and the mighty.

• A sign of humility first of all and the plea to courage to take up the cross.

• Reconciliation failed, clean election campaign failed this show this show among the NBCC leaders to many are into politics then truly working for what it has started good for society, time has come for NBCC to say goodbye to old system and adopt new system of church policy which is good and favour by Nagas.

YES NO OTHER • Simply because a church faces so many problems, some of which in their last Clean Election campaign. Hope Rev. Dr. Z. Keyho and are apparently dealt effectively, it does not mean it is a failed church. It consists of imperfect individuals who work for a perfect God because He his team would bring a positive change. does not need His servants to be perfect. Yes NBCC could do a lot better but it is natural for the human components to occasionally malfunction, Some of those who voted NO had this to say: • No. It is not enough to admit. If NBCC is serious they need to issue disagree or go astray like in the story of Paul and Barnabas. Calling the a press statement where they clearly say that they have committed church a failure and its members hypocrites to justify yourself is an indicawrong and are seeking forgiveness from the people. Till such an tion that your faith lies in imperfect men and not the perfect Saviour.

• NBCC needs to come clean. Yes, admitting its failure is a start, but official statement is passed, I doubt it. we need to also remember as Christians we are the Church. And • No, it’s just another gimmick • No. NBCC has really messed up for many years. They have lost if we put aside or Christianity during elections and do all sorts of public trust and faith. The admission of past mistakes is a good underhand things where is the question of Clean Election! If we want Good Govt it starts with us, the electors. Elect upright people. start, but it is not enough. More has to be done. One time admisNagaland for Christ should not just be a theme. sion cannot wash away everything.

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Some of those who voted OTHERS had this to say: • I was rather shocked when the fact was admitted after such a long time; hope that guy didn’t get a good trashing from his colleagues. Now that the beans have been spilled there cannot be a better opportunity then this.

• The electoral malpractices cannot be changed overnight. But a beginning needs to be made. An honest admission by the Church for its role and responsibility is a good beginning. We all need to participate and support.

• Failure is the pillar of success and admitting failure by the Church is a Greater Victory for the Kingdom of God. But the question here is has the Church learned from its mistakes?

• The failure of the Church is a collective responsibility, and to come of age Nagas have to say no to nepotism, corruption and individualistic mindset has to go.

• Hope so...hope was lost ... hope WAS lost ...hope was there...hope will be

suggestions for concrete remedial measures that nBCC can take • 1. Remove the membership of those Church members named in corruption cases. 2. Remove the membership of those involved in sale or import of alcohol. 3. Refuse the tithes of those members who own property and assets which are higher than their known source of income. 4. Let the contesting candidates swear before congregation and God that they will not use money and muscle power during or after elections.

• Who is a church? Church is us. Why NBCC failed? Because we failed. What should be done? We should all start changing instead of pointing at NBCC because it is just a name and the real NBCC is us .. Remedial measure? Remedial measure is you and me changing.

How much worse could 2016 get?

must deal with a falling oil price, China with potentially flagging growth. Many Western countries, including the United States, UK, France and Germany are socially divided on a scale not seen in decades if not generations.

And, of course, it’s still far from impossible that the United States will elect Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to the White House in November.

On balance, of course, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton remains the favorite – although polls from the Republican convention last week suggest her lead might be slipping. Attacks like those in Brussels and Orlando have tended to help Trump.

So, quite possibly, might a string of recent attacks on U.S. police officers – although the widespread outrage over killings of often unarmed African-Americans may also boost turnout for the Democrats.

It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the worse the rest of the world looks, the more it likely plays into Trump’s narrative – even though it’s equally difficult to conclude he would be anything other than disastrous at handling those crises.

In almost every country, there are some deeply disturbing political trends. Even without deliberately coordinated attacks by militants like IS, there seems to be a worrying tendency for more erratic individuals to become politically radicalized and conduct

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be even worse.

Despite all that, however, it’s worth noting that on some fronts things are not getting worse. Migrant arrivals in the European Union have dropped significantly from last year, giving European governments a much-needed respite even as they struggle with the militant threat.

The market turmoil from the UK referendum has yet been less than many feared.

And while political parties may continue to polarize and divide, opinion polls generally show that voters in the West – and the United States in particular – are hungry for a much less partisan, more consensual approach.

In many ways, the years to come could be among the most dangerous in recent human history, particularly with the risk of both outright collapse and great power conflict higher than they’ve ever been. Many of the drivers that had been seen delivering greater stability – globalization, international consensus, a move to the political center in many countries – are now under threat or have unraveled completely.

Things will hopefully be okay. But it looks likely to be one hell of a ride, with some more distinctly unpleasant – as well as deeply, deeply uncertain – days to come.

ant and often violent events – even if only carried out by one or a handful of people Reuters – continuing to raise the political temperasometimes devastating attacks – a common ture in a variety of locations. Even without thread that looks to run from the Nice attack that, political crises will continue and with through many of the mass shootings in the that bring a rising risk of unorthodox – and United States to the apparently politically sometimes very unpleasant – political outmotivated killing of British parliamentarian comes. Brexit is a clear example of this, a Trump victory could yet be another. And, Jo Cox in June.

These political divisions are getting of course, we have elections in both France more dangerous in part because the cen- and Germany next year.

Both countries have seen the rise of the ter ground in many countries has been drastically eroded. In the British EU ref- far right, with Germany’s “Alternative for erendum, one of the things that was both Deutschland” party winning a share of the striking and disappointing was that nei- vote unthinkable since the Nazis.

Summer seasons often also throw up ther side seemed willing to acknowledge that the other might have a point. That’s their own unexpected dramas, both contrue in many other places as well, from the flict-related and financial. Russia could yet decide to make another land grab against United States to Turkey.

When the center ground vanishes, its neighbors, perhaps non-NATO Ukraine there’s inevitably a tendency for those on all and Georgia or even the Baltic states. We sides to be pushed more towards extremes don’t yet know how China will react to this and absolutes. Even when that doesn’t month’s international court decision pushlead to violence, it makes consensus and ing back against its territorial claims. At decision-making that much more difficult. worst, such conflicts could yield nuclear (That’s even true within established politi- war.

Peter Apps is Reuters global affairs columnist, We could also yet see another Lehman cal parties, as evidenced by infighting withwriting on international affairs, globalization, conflict in both the Republicans and Democrats as Brothers 2008-style market crisis, perhaps and other issues. He is founder and executive director of the Project for Study of the 21st Century; PS21, a well as overseas in entities such as the UK triggered by an incident in the euro zone non-national, non-partisan, non-ideological think tank or the UK finally biting the bullet on invokLabour Party.) in London, New York and Washington. Before that, he spent 12 years as a reporter for Reuters covering In short, it’s entirely possible the rest of ing Article 50 to quit the EU (although this defense, political risk and emerging markets. Since the year will continue along similar lines now looks more likely to be put off until next 2016, he has been a member of the British Army Reserve and the UK Labour Party. to the first half, with periodic unpleas- year). The collapse of the euro – still entirely a country likenor Italyofleaves – could Readers may please note that, the contents of the articles published on this page do not reflect thepossible outlookifof this paper the Editor in any form.

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Gujarat Dalits not to lift carcasses, want firearms

AhmedAbAd, July 31 (IANS): Gujarat Dalit leaders on Sunday asked the government to give them firearms in view of atrocities by Hindu activists as thousands of Dalits pledged not to lift carcasses from the streets.

The mass pledge was taken at a rally called by as many as 30 Dalit groups from across Gujarat and backed by the quasi religious body, Jamiat-eUlema-Hind.

Three Muslim leaders from Ahmedabad attended the rally and sat on the podium. Many Muslim activists could be seen in the rally.

The State "must provide us licensed firearms to protect ourselves since the government has failed to provide us security", said Jignesh Mevani, the convenor of the joint front of the 30 Dalit organizations.

"We have had enough.

We will break their hands and legs if the upper caste exploiters torture us any more," he asserted.

The government should also help Dalits learn martial arts, he felt.

Referring to the controversial 2012 police attack on Dalits that killed three persons in Dhangad area of Surendranagar, speakers at the rally complained that

Government to blame for cow Days after suicide attempt to vigilantes' violence: CPI-M protest Una case, Dalit youth dies New delhI, July 31 (IANS): The CPI-M on Sunday blamed the Narendra Modi government for the rising number of attacks by so-called cow vigilantes on Dalits and minorities.

"After the lynching of Mohd Akhlaq in Dadri (in Uttar Pradesh), several incidents of such cow vigilante groups attacking Dalits and people from the minority community have been reported from various parts of the country including Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh," the CPI-M said. "Shockingly, in all these incidents the police and administration have remained mute spectators and at times even aiding the culprits and lodging cases against the victims of these attacks. "There has been an increase in the attacks on Dalits ever since this BJP government assumed office at the Centre," the Communist Party of India-Marxist said at the end of a two-day meeting of its Politburo here.

"The BJP-led government at the Centre is not only contributing to the alarming increase in the number of such incidents but is also sharply escalating communal polarization, attacks against Dalits and women," it said. nothing can be expected from a government that has not even filed a chargesheet.

Family members of the three were present.

They demanded that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act should be invoked against the culprits in the July 11 thrashing of Dalit youths by self-proclaimed cow vigilantes for skinning of dead cows.

This is the first time in Gujarat that as many as 30 Dalit groups from across the state have come together to raise a plethora of is-

sues facing the community for decades.

They have rallied under the banner of 'Una Dalit Atyachar Ladat Samiti' (Una Dalit Fight against Atrocities Committee), with Mevani as the convenor.

Mevani is a young lawyer who has been singlehandedly fighting several court battles for the Dalits.

Although the Acher ST Depot ground here can accommodate only about 5,000 people, the venue was swelling by noon, with thousands taking up every inch of space available in the vicinity.

AhmedAbAd, July 31 (IANS): A Dalit youth, who had attempted to commit suicide to protest against beating of four from the community for skinning of carcasses by cow vigilantes, died here on Sunday, officials said.

Yogesh, from Parbadi village of Rajkot in Saurashtra, had consumed acid on July 21 over the incident. He was first taken to Rajkot and then Junagadh government hospitals, but when his health deteriorated, he was brought to the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital. Hospital officials however said the doctors could not save Yogesh.

He was among two dozen Dalit youth who had tried to commit suicide ever since the July 11 incident of attack on the four tannery workers in Una.The maximum persons to take the extreme step were from the Saurashtra region, where the Mota Samadhiya village of Una taluka is located.

Organisers said the show of strength was meant to protest against what they said were growing atrocities against the community in Gujarat.

Speakers released a charter of demands for Chief Minister Anandiben Patel including action against everyone who was even tacitly involved in the July 11 incident.

They also sought alternate employment to Dalits who give up the "undignified" job of skinning dead animals and safai karmacharis engaged in the "inhuman" job of manual

scavenging.

This is besides providing housing units to Dalits in urban areas because they are even today "socially boycotted, discriminated against and exploited socially, economically and sexually in villages".

The organisers said they kept the political parties at bay at the rally as all of them exploited them for narrow political gains.

One speaker said "bangles and ghaghras" should be couriered to Dalit MLAs and MPs to denounce their apathy towards the community's cause.

India to bring back workers facing “food crisis” in Saudi New delhI/dubAI, July 31 (reuTerS): India said on Sunday it will send a government minister to Saudi Arabia to try to bring back more than 10,000 Indian workers who are facing a "food crisis" because they are unable to afford meals after being laid off from their jobs.

Low oil prices have forced the Saudi government to slash spending since last year, putting heavy pressure on the finances of local construction firms which rely on state contracts.

As a result, some companies have been struggling to pay foreign workers and have laid off tens of thousands, leaving many with no money for food let alone for tickets home.

Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday said over 10,000 Indians in Saudia Arabia and Kuwait were facing a "food crisis" because of economic hardships, while appealing to an estimated 3 millions Indians living in Saudi Arabia for help.

"Large number of Indians have lost their jobs in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

The employers have not paid wages, closed down their factories," she tweeted on Saturday.

One of the country's two junior foreign ministers, V.K. Singh, will travel to Saudi Arabia next week.

Swaraj said on Saturday

An Indian labourer looks at the construction site of a building in Riyadh. (REUTERS File Photo)

that India's other junior foreign minister, M.J. Akbar, would take up the issue with the authorities in the two Middle Eastern countries, saying the government was monitoring the situation on an hourly basis.

"While situation in Kuwait is manageable, matters are much worse in Saudi Arabia," she said in a tweet.

Separately, the Consulate General of India in Jeddah said on its official Twitter feed on Saturday that it had distributed 15,475 kg of food over the past three days in association with the Indian community.

It posted pictures of Indian people queuing up to collect the food packets.

The hardships faced

by Indian migrants come amid rising protests about working conditions in Saudi Arabia.

Hundreds of foreign workers at construction firm Saudi Oger staged a public protest in Jeddah at the weekend to demand seven months of unpaid wages, Saudi Arabia's Arab News reported. They were dispersed by police after disrupting traffic.

Saudi Oger did not respond to a telephone call and an email seeking comment.

The Saudi government says it investigates any complaints of companies not paying wages and if necessary, obliges them to do so with fines and other penalties.

Three identified in Bulandshahr Rahul attacks Parrikar, RSS over jibe against Aamir Climate Change delhI, July 31 (PTI): gangrape; UP govt comes under fire New Centre to come up Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Sonia to start poll camapign in Varanasi bulANdShAhr, July 31 (PTI): Secretary (Home) visited the site of the today attacked Defence Minister at IIT Kharagpur Manohar Parrikar and RSS over VArANASI, July 31 (PTI): Kicking off her poll campaign for the Uttar Pradesh Police today claimed to incident on the direction of the CM. have held three of the accused involved in the brutal gangrape of a woman and her teenage daughter by bandits on gunpoint on Friday night after dragging the family out of a car near here, even as the Samajwadi Party government came under intense flak over the incident.

UP DGP Javeed Ahmed, who was rushed to Bulandshahr by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav after the incident at village Dostpur here on Delhi-Kanpur highway came into limelight, identified the three detained as Naresh (25), Bablu(22) and Rais (28).

He said police had taken into custody 15 persons, all of them belonging to a nomadic tribe, last evening and interrogated them.

Three of the those held who belonged to Bawariya gang have been identified by the victims and all the culprits would be booked under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), he said.

As the incident, which occurred near bypass when the family from Noida was from travelling to Shahjahanpur on NH91, acquired a political hue, the Chief Minister went into a fire-fighting mode and suspended SSP Bulandshahr Vaibhav Kishan, SP city Rammohan Singh , Circle Officer (Sadar) Himanshu Gaurav and SHO Ramsen Singh of Kotwali Dehat, amid allegations of laxity by police.

The DGP accompanied by Principal

The police chief, however, rubbished the charge that police did not act swiftly, saying they reached the spot within 20 minutes of getting information and SSP Vibhav Krishna also arrived there.

Taking cognisance of the case, the National Commission for Women said it has sent a member to meet the victims and officials in Uttar Pradesh but added that it finds little cooperation from the state administration in such cases.

NCW chief Lalitha Kumaramangalam also questioned the genuineness of the detentions made by police in the case.

Opposition parties alleged that the "barbaric" incident showed that "goonda raj" was at its peak in the state where Assembly elections were due in early 2017.

BJP criticised the state government for laying expressways and highways without caring for the safety and security of the users, while BSP said such heinous crimes indicated towards deteriorating law and order situation and 'jungle raj' in the state.

"The SP government and its head must tell the people if they can return the modesty of women in such a painful and henious crime," BSP Chief Mayawati said in a statement, adding comnon people, especially women, were not safe in present SP regime. .

PM pitches for technological solutions to daily life problems New delhI, July 31 (PTI): The Centre is working closely with states to help the flood-hit people, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday as he pitched for technological solutions to the daily life problems and informed about the government plans to earmark Rs 10 crore for innovation In his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', he also talked about a number of other subjects, including the Indian participation in the Rio Olympics, upcoming Independence day celebrations, his recent visit to South Africa and passage of a bill by Parliament that will unlock over Rs 40,000 crore to states for afforestation. During the 35-minute broadcast, he spoke about the need to curb deaths during child delivery and said government hospitals will offer free check-up on 9th of every month which poor pregnant women should avail of. He urged gynaecologists, who do not work in government hospitals, to devote one day for this purpose, saying lakhs of such doctors are required Talking about the floods that have hit some parts of the country, Modi said, "sometime back, we were concerned about drought but now we are enjoying the rains and there are reports about floods. The state governments and the Centre are working closely, making all efforts to help the flood-affected people." A number of states, including Assam and Bihar, are reeling under floods, which have killed over scores of people and caused widespread damage to property. "India is going through many problems. We encounter problems in daily life. Now, we will have to look for technological solutions," Modi said Exhorting youth to go for research to find technological solutions to such problems, Modi referred to the 'Atal Innovation Mission' (AIM) through which the government intends to create an ecosystem of innovation, experiment and entrepreneurship and generate jobs.

his jibe at actor Aamir Khan for remarks on intolerance, telling them bluntly "hate is the preserve of the coward and it never wins".

The opposition party accused BJP and RSS of a "concerted conspiracy" to hound Dalits, minorities, writers, actors and whoever dissents against the Narendra Modi government.

"RSS & Parrikarji want to teach everyone a lesson. Here's a lesson for you: hate is the preserve of the coward and it never wins," the Congress Vice President said on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Parrikar had yesterday said anyone speaking against the country must be "taught a lesson" and had referred to alleged antinational sloganeering at JNU earlier this year and remarks by an "actor" who "had said that his wife wants to live out of India".

Khan had late last year spoken about a "sense of insecurity" resulting from increasing intolerance in the country, and mentioned his wife Kiran Rao's apprehensions about the future of their child in India.

According to Parrikar, when the actor made the statement last year, many people had protested against his remark and even uninstalled the mobile application of

2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will hold a roadshow in the city on August 2. Thousands of supporters and party workers are likely to participate in Gandhi's roadshow which would cover nearly 8 KM distance, passing through the busy and narrow lanes of the city, Congress District unit president Prajanath Sharma said.

She would also garland statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sardar Patel falling enroute, he said. At the Englishiyaline, Gandhi is expected to make a five minute speech and also garland the statue of Pandit Kamla Pati Tripati, a former UP chief minister and Union minister, Sharma said. Congress's UP Chief Ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit and Ghulam Nabi Azad will also be present in the roadshow, he said. The Congress chief is expected to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Loksabha constituency over "lack of development" despite his promise made during the 2014 Loksabha campaign to turn around the holy city. The roadshow is also aimed at rejuvenating her party workers ahead of the crucial Assembly polls. She would target Modi over his muchhyped Clean Ganga initiative, highlighting the river's "plight" in his constituency and also "expose" the Centre's Swachch Bharat Campaign in the temple city, the party district unit chief said.

an online shopping site he was associated with, while the firm had also pulled out the advertisement featuring him.

Congress spokesperson Randeep S Surjewala said it was a "shocking revelation" by Parrikar and showed that BJP and RSS supporters actively disrupted and sabotaged an online trading company on Aamir Khan issue.

Later in a statement to the media, he alleged that Parrikar has

"unknowingly" exposed the conspiracy through which BJP people targeted the online company, booked orders and cancelled in pursuance of a conspiracy to ensure that Aamir Khan was removed as its brand ambassador.

He said the incident "now established that there is a concerted conspiracy against poor, the dalits, the minorities, artists, actors and anybody who dissents against Modi.

KhArAgPur, July 31 (IANS): The Union Department of Science and Technology is planning to set up a Centre of Excellence at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, to focus on climate change science, adaptation and mitigation, the institution's director said here on Sunday."The project will include water resources, biodiversity, agriculture, ocean and marine ecosystem, coastal and island vulnerability including sea level rise, extreme events, disaster risk reduction and management, Socio-economic vulnerability and Livelihood," IIT Kharagpur director Partha Pratim Chakrabarti told the media after the institute's 62nd convocation.

The project - which is expected to have a total budget of Rs 10 crore for five years - will focus on vulnerability and risk assessment due to various environmental drivers in a climate change scenario over eastern India. The objective is to develop an integrated modelling system using coupled models, machine learning and data analytics to predict extreme events.

It will also provide comprehensive analysis and understanding of various extreme weather events such as tropical cyclones, pre-monsoon convective activity, extreme ocean waves and storm surges, sea level rise, extreme rainfall patterns, flash floods and their interactions in the overall assessment of vulnerability and risk in climate change scenarios.

Heavy rains, lightning kill 41 across India mumbAI/bhubANeSwAr, July 31 (reuTerS): At least nine people were killed when a three-storey building collapsed in heavy rains in a Mumbai suburb on Sunday, state media reported, and officials said 32 people were killed by lightning a day earlier in Odisha.

Authorities had already announced a death toll for Saturday of at least 17 people in heavy rains in Assam.

Lightning also killed 15 people in Bangladesh in the past two days, disaster management officials in Dhaka said on Sunday, adding to a death toll of 17 in flooding on Saturday.

About 300 people have died from lightning in Bangladesh so far this year.

Persistent heavy rains this week have caused widespread disruption across South Asia. At least 68 people died in Nepal by flash floods and landslides.

About 50,000 people from southern and eastern India had to be evacuated in recent days as storms

Flood situation in Bihar worsens, 2.6 million hit

Rescue workers clearing debris from a three storeyed building that collapsed due to heavy rain in Mumbai on July 31. (PTI Photo)

pushed water levels to dangerous levels, damaging crops and causing more than 3,000 houses to collapse.

Most of the 32 who died in Odisha were farm labourers killed in a series of lightning strikes. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called the deaths

"saddening", his office cited him as saying on his official Twitter feed.

In financial hub Mumbai, at least nine people were killed and 20 people were injured in the building collapse, state broadcaster All India Radio said.

Rescue operations were ongoing, the radio station

said in a tweet.

Flooding, an annual problem during the monsoon season, has been worsened by crumbling civic infrastructure, clogged drains and uncontrolled urban expansion in a country with a fast-growing population of 1.3 billion.

PATNA, July 31 (IANS): The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Sunday, with many rivers breaching their banks and affecting hundreds of thousands of people, officials said. More than 2.6 million people have been hit by the floods in the state including half a million who have been displaced across 12 districts, the officials said.

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav visited the flood affected Supaul district on Sunday and said: "We are fully prepared to provide relief and rescue the affected people."

Senior officials said relief and rescue operations were going on in full swing. He said the flood situation was grim in some districts following rising water level in rivers.

The government has deployed 587 personnel of the National Disaster Response Force and the state disaster response force in the worst hit areas. Of the five lakh people displaced till Sunday, nearly 2.50 lakh are living in different shelters. The government has set up 412 relief camps and deployed 1,019 boats in relief and rescue work.

The worst hit districts are Purnea, Kishanganj, Araria, Darbhanga, Madhepura, Katihar, Supaul and Saharsa. Unconfirmed reports say at least 28 people, including women and children, have perished in the floods.

Major rivers in the state including the Koshi, Gandak, Bagmati and Ganga are in spate following heavy rains, officials said.

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The dark side of President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly but popular drugs war in Philippines MANILA, JuLy 31 (ReuteRs): When the image of Jennelyn Olaires weeping as she cradled the body of her slain husband went viral in the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte called it melodramatic.

There’s not much Duterte hasn’t said when it comes to his war on drugs, his only real election platform and his big promise to the 16 million Filipinos who swept him to power in May by a massive margin.

And “the punisher”, as he is known, has been true to his word.

Hundreds of suspected drug dealers have been killed since Duterte took office just one month ago. Six were assassinated in a single night in Manila, among them Michael Siaron, Olaires’s 29-year-old husband who was shot dead by unknown assailants on motorcycles.

“A friend called out that Michael was shot. I ran out to see him,” Olaires, 26, said in a rundown part of the capital’s Pasay area, with its ubiquitous slums, squatters and thieves. “Thoughts were running in my mind. It can’t be you. You don’t deserve this. There are others who deserve this more than you,” she said, recalling the moment she discovered his body. “If I only have wings, I will quickly fly to his side.”

Photographers surrounded her behind a police cordon as she held his body. A piece of cardboard was left next to his corpse with the word “pusher” written on it.

Dozens of similar killings have taken place almost daily in the Philippines, but with drugs and crime so deep-rooted, there is barely any public outrage.

Some 316 suspected drug dealers

Philippines may still impose ceasefire with Maoist rebels

Jennelyn Olaires, 26, cradles the body of her partner, who was killed on a street by a vigilante group, according to police, in a spate of drug related killings in Pasay city, Metro Manila, Philippines on July 23. A sign on a cardboard found near the body reads: “Pusher Ako”, which translates to “I am a drug pusher.” (REUTERS Photo)

were killed from July 1-27, 195 of which were vigilante killings, according to police. Human rights groups estimate the body count to be at least double the official number.

‘KILL DRUGS, NOT PEOPLE’ Duterte has not condemned vigilante killings. He has previously promoted them. The tough-talking former mayor of Davao City mentioned the image of Olaires holding her husband in his state of the union address on Mon-

day and said media had tried to portray it as being like the Michelangelo’s Pieta, the sculpture of Mary holding the body of Jesus.

Olaires will bury her husband on Sunday. She concedes he was a drug user but says it is impossible he was a dealer because they were too poor and could barely pay for their next meal.

Siaron made money by riding a pedicab - a bicycle with a sidecar - and did odd jobs. He even voted for Duterte in the May 9 election.

“They must kill the ones who don’t deserve to live anymore, the ones who are a menace to society. Because they cause harm to others. But not the innocent people,” she said.

“I don’t need the public’s sympathy.

I don’t need the president to notice us.

“I know that he doesn’t like this kind of people. But for me, I just hope that they get the true offenders.”

Asked if she had a message to tell Duterte, she said: “kill drugs, not people.”

MANILA, JuLy 31 (ReuteRs): The Philippine government may still re-impose a ceasefire with Maoist-led guerrillas, a senior administration official said on Sunday, a day after it was withdrawn by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte lifted the unilateral truce with the communist New People’s Army on Saturday evening, six days after it was declared as a goodwill gesture ahead of formal peace negotiations in Oslo next month. The move came after rebels did not respond to a deadline to reciprocate the government’s truce.

“We may work out a negotiated truce with the Communists,” Jesus Dureza, presidential peace adviser, told Reuters. “It was in our agenda when the formal peace talks resume in Oslo. The peace talks will go on as scheduled.”

The peace talks, brokered by Norway, will resume on Aug. 20, four years after bogging down due to rebels’ demand for the release of 500 political prisoners.

The government has now promised to free them for health and humanitarian reasons.

Dureza said he welcomed a statement from rebel leader Jose Maria Siso, who was interviewed on local television hours after

Duterte withdrew the ceasefire, saying the communists had also intended to impose a truce but it was overtaken by events.

“This is what we have been waiting for,” Dureza said in an official statement. “The leadership of the CPP/NPA/NDF announced through the media its belated but still strategic and awaited decision to also declare its own unilateral ceasefire.”

Duterte also was angered by reports that Maoist-led rebels had killed a militiaman and wounded four others in an ambush on Wednesday when they were returning to an army base in Davao del Norte to comply with government’s unilateral truce.

Renato Reyes, secretary-general of Bayan (Nation), a left-wing political group, criticised the government for imposing “unrealistic” ultimatums. “The road to peace is a difficult one, where deadlines and ultimatums cannot just be imposed and where discussions of the substantial agenda are the only sure means to achieve a lasting end to hostilities,” he said.

Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier-General Restituto Padilla said army units have resumed offensive action against the rebels.

Tokyo elects first woman governor How protein boosts immune system to fight pneumonia tOKyO, JuLy 31 (ReuteRs): Voters in the Japanese capital elected their first woman governor on Sunday, after two predecessors stepped down over scandals that clouded the city’s preparations to host the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

Yuriko Koike, Japan’s first female defence minister, beat former bureaucrat and fellow member of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s party Hiroya Masuda, as well as liberal journalist Shuntaro Torigoe, according to an exit poll by public broadcaster NHK. Koike, 64, angered the Tokyo branch of Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party by not getting its approval before announcing her candidacy for city governor. The LDP instead drafted Masuda, 64, who once served as governor of a rural prefecture.

“Taking this result very heavily, as the new governor I would like move forward firmly with the administration of the metropolis,” Koike, an experienced politician fluent in English and Arabic, told supporters.

Yuriko Koike. (REUTERS Photo)

“I would like to move forward with a metropolitan administration such as has never happened, never been seen, together with all of you.”

The NHK exit poll showed Masuda was in second place, with Torigoe, a 76-year-old cancer survivor who was backed by several opposition parties, trailed both.

The sprawling city of some 13.5 million people faces a plethora of problems such as an aging population, daycare shortage, and the ever-present possibility of a big earthquake. But a big issue in the campaign was the 2020 Olympics, which Japan hopes will spur its economy,

struggling to escape decades of deflation.

Construction of the main stadium has been delayed and the original logo for the games had to be scrapped after plagiarism accusations.

After the resignations of the city’s two previous governors, Koike will be responsible for saving Tokyo’s reputation as host for the games.

One of her first duties will be to travel to Rio de Janeiro when the curtain comes down on next month’s games there to accept the Olympic flag as the next host.

“The Olympics are right in front of us. I want to use them as a chance to build a new Tokyo for beyond 2020,” Koike said when the campaign began. Though the LDP and its coalition partner backed Masuda, fallout for Abe will likely be minimal despite Masuda’s loss.

“This is basically a Tokyo issue,” said Kenji Yumoto, vice chairman of the Japan Research Institute thinktank. “Abe’s prestige probably won’t be damaged and support for the LDP won’t fall.”

New yORK, JuLy 31 (IANs): Researchers have determined how a protein can boost immune system’s ability to battle pneumonia. The finding may offer a new way for doctors to boost patients’ ability to fight off the life-threatening infection as bacteria become more and more resistant to antibiotics.

“We’re interested in seeing if there are things we can do to strengthen the natural defences of the host to help them fight the infection more effectively,” said Borna Mehrad from University of Virginia School of Medicine. “Potentially this would be the sort of thing you could do in addition to antibiotics

to help patients with severe infections.”

Mehrad and his team determined that the lack of the cytokine M-CSF in infected mice worsened the outcome of bacterial pneumonia. Not having the protein resulted in 10 times more bacteria in the lungs, 1,000 times more bacteria in the blood and spread the infection to the liver, resulting in increased deaths.

Clearly M-CSF has an important role in battling pneumonia, but what exactly does it do? “M-CSF has previously been shown to help make a type of immune cell, called monocytes, so my idea was that if you take

it away, infected hosts just stop making monocytes and that’s why they get sick, and it turned out that was completely wrong,” Mehrad said.

Instead, the findings published in The Journal of Immunology showed that M-CSF helped monocytes survive once they have arrived in the infected tissues. “If you take MCSF away, the infections get worse, so that raises two important questions about therapy: Would more be better? It may be that during infection, the body is making the right amount of M-CSF and if we add extra, it won’t improve outcomes further,” Mehrad said.

Fiery crash of hot air balloon kills sixteen LOCKHARt, JuLy 31 (ReuteRs): A hot air balloon burst into flames over central Texas on Saturday after apparently striking power lines and plunged into a field, killing all 16 people aboard in one of the deadliest such accidents on record, police and eyewitnesses said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the fiery crash occurred at about 7:40 a.m. (1240 GMT) near Lockhart, a town about 30 miles (50 km) south of Austin, the Texas capital.

The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said 16 people were

believed to have been aboard the doomed craft and that no one survived. The Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that 16 people were dead.

Emergency responders in Texas said the basket portion of the balloon, which carries the passenger and crew, caught fire.

Aerial television footage from the aftermath of the accident showed remnants of the red, white and blue balloon, adorned with a large, yellow smiley face wearing sunglasses, lying flattened at the crash site.

The National Transportation

Safety Board offered no details on what may have caused the accident, which occurred on a clear day. But a spokesman at the scene, Erik Grosof, said teams from that agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were being dispatched to determine how the crash unfolded.

FBI assistance is routine in cases of major accidents, Grosof said. Margaret Wylie, an area resident, told reporters she believed that before the balloon crashed, it hit power transmission lines, which caused popping sounds like a gun going off.

“It went up like a big fireball,” she told reporters.

Grosof said the balloon was believed to have been operated

by Heart of Texas Hot Air Balloon Rides, a company that serves the Austin, Houston and San Antonio areas.

The crash of the balloon was the deadliest on record in the Western Hemisphere, said Jeff Chatterton, a spokesman for the Balloon Federation of North America. “There are thousands of balloons that go up every year,” he said. “This is unspeakably tragic but it is rather unique.”

Turkey culls nearly 1,400 from army, overhauls top military council ANKARA/IstANBuL, JuLy 31 (ReuteRs): Turkey dismissed nearly 1,400 members of its armed forces and stacked the top military council with government ministers on Sunday, moves designed by President Tayyip Erdogan to put him in full control of the military after a failed coup.

The new wave of expulsions and the overhaul of the Supreme Military Council (YAS) were announced in the government’s official gazette just hours after Erdogan said late on Saturday he planned to shut down existing military academies and put the armed forces under the command of the Defence Ministry.

According to the gazette, 1,389 military personnel were dismissed for suspected links to the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused

by Turkey of orchestrating the July 15-16 failed putsch.

Gulen, who lives in selfimposed exile in the United States, has denied the charges and condemned the coup.

It comes after an announcement last week

that more than 1,700 military personnel had been dishonourably discharged for their role in the putsch, which saw a faction of the armed forces commandeer tanks, helicopters and warplanes in an attempt to topple the government.

It was not immediately clear whether the dismissals referred to in Sunday’s official gazette included any of those dishonourably discharged previously.

Erdogan has said 237 people were killed and more than 2,100 wounded in the coup attempt.

The government also said its deputy prime ministers and ministers of justice, the interior and foreign affairs would be appointed to YAS. The prime minister and defence minister were previously the only government representatives on the council.

They will replace a number of military commanders who have not been reappointed to the YAS, including the heads of the First, Second, and Third Armies, the Aegean Army and the head of the Gendarmerie security forces, which frequently battle Kurdish militants in

the southeast. The changes appear to have given the government commanding control of the council.

Erdogan, who narrowly escaped capture and possible death on the night of the coup, told Reuters in an interview on July 21 that the military, NATO’s second-biggest, needed “fresh blood”.

The dishonourable discharges previously announced included about 40 percent of Turkey’s admirals and generals.

So far, more than 60,000 people in the military, judiciary, civil service and schools have been either detained, suspended or placed under investigation over suspected links with Gulen.

INCIRLIK SECURITY Turkey’s Western allies condemned the coup, but have also been rattled by the scale of the resulting crackdown.

The aggressive purges come when the military is stretched by heavy fighting with Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey and threats from Islamic State militants on its border with Syria.

Turkey’s military is taking part in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Its Incirlik Air Base is used by coalition forces for missions against Islamic State.

Security was tight in the immediate area around Incirlik on Sunday, Turkish security sources said, before an expected visit by the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Joseph Dunford.

While there were rumours on social media that security forces were at the ready on worries about another coup attempt, a U.S. military spokesman at the base said they had not seen an increased Turkish police presence.

“It’s business as usual here,” he said, without giving his name. “We are not seeing anything like that.”

Incirlik has seen some scattered protests in the days since the coup as progovernment supporters have called on the United States to extradite Gulen.

Washington says it will only do so if it receives clear evidence of Gulen’s involvement in the coup.

Erdogan, meanwhile, has said it was “shame-

Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience as he visits the Turkish police special forces base damaged by fighting during a coup attempt in Ankara, Turkey, on July 29. (REUTERS Photo)

ful” that Western countries showed more interest in the fate of the plotters than in standing with a fellow NATO member and has upbraided Western leaders for not visiting after the coup attempt.

Dunford’s visit comes at a delicate time for Turkey’s relations with the United States, given Erdogan’s constant demands for Gulen’s extradition.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES On Saturday, Erdogan told broadcaster A Haber that the cleric was a “pawn” being controlled by a great-

er power.

“There is a mastermind behind him. That mastermind is the one who took him to the United States and who helped him avoid any judicial process.”

Conspiracy theories have flourished in Turkey since the attempted coup, with one pro-government newspaper saying the putsch was financed by the CIA and directed by a retired U.S. army general using a cell phone in Afghanistan.

The United States has denied any involvement and any prior knowledge of

the failed attempt to overthrow the government.

Rallies in support of Turkish democracy and against the coup plotters were planned in several European towns and cities on Sunday, with the biggest expected in the German city of Cologne. Turkish television showed demonstrators in Cologne waving flags and portraits of Erdogan.

Germany is home to Europe’s largest ethnic Turkish diaspora.

Erdogan has said that Gulen harnessed his extensive network of schools,

charities and businesses, built up in Turkey and abroad over decades, to create a “parallel state” that aimed to take over the country.

The government is now going after Gulen’s network of schools and other institutions abroad. Since the coup, Somalia has shut two schools and a hospital believed to have links to Gulen, and other governments have received similar requests from Ankara, although not all have been willing to comply.

In an unexpected move, Erdogan has said that as a one-off gesture, he would drop all lawsuits filed against people for insulting him. He said the decision was triggered by feelings of “unity” against the coup attempt.

It could also be aimed at silencing his Western critics.

Prosecutors have opened more than 1,800 cases against people for insulting Erdogan since he became president in 2014 after serving as prime minister for 11 years. Those targeted include journalists, cartoonists and even children.

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Frampton wins slugfest over Santa Cruz to claim WBA title Williams century in vain as

NeW YORK, JULY 31 (AFP): Carl Frampton defeated Mexico's Leo Santa Cruz by a majority decision to claim the WBA featherweight crown and become the first boxer from Northern Ireland to win titles in two divisions.

The challenger Frampton improved to 23-0 with 14 knockouts as he had to overcome a height and weight disadvantage in one of the few times in his career he has moved up to fight at 126 pounds.

"It is a dream come true," said Frampton, who was born in Belfast. "I had a dream of winning a world title and I won it. "I won it with my heart, not with my head. I got my hand raised."

The 29-year-old Frampton controlled the fight between the two undefeated boxers in the early rounds, landing a punishing left hook in the second round that sent the champ backpedaling across the ring.

He then held on for the win as Santa Cruz gained steam in the middle rounds

issue of forms for NWM 5 from today KOhimA, JULY 31 (mexN): Forms for the forthcoming Naga Wrestle Mania 5 (King of the Ring Series 2016) will be made available from August 1. The meet, organised by 3E Nagaland under the aegis of Nagaland Wrestling Association is scheduled for November 3 to 5 at Kohima Local Ground, Khuochiezie.

Forms are now available at the following outlets – Orchid Store Razhü Point Kohima, Sportsworld Taxi Stand Kohima, Tiara Restaurant, Sharon Complex, Opp. SBI Chumukedima, Youth Snooker Café & Restaurant, Near Petrol Pump, Jalukie, Zupo Book House & Stationery, Chozuba, Life Centre, Near Cooperative Bank, Pfutsero.

Entry is free for wrestlers not belonging to Angami, Chakhesang, Zeliang and Poumai communities. Unlike the previous editions, from this year onward, there will be only two categories – Lightweight (74 kg & below) and Heavyweight category (above 74 kg). The first series featuring Lightweight Championship (74 kg & below) will take place on November 3 while the second series, i.e., Heavyweight Championship (Above 74 kg) will be held on November 4. Special Series- Junior Championship (14 years and below) will take place on November 5 (Forenoon). Final SeriesKing of the Ring Championship (Best 48 from 1st and 2nd Series) will take place on November 5 (Afternoon).

Turkey football federation members resign after 'security checks' istANBUL, JULY 31 (ReUteRs): All members of the Turkish soccer federation's affiliated boards have resigned for "security checks" amid a wide-ranging state investigation into the failed July 15-16 coup, the federation said in a statement on Sunday. The Turkish Football Federation also said it had shared information with relevant state institutions about all its employees, competition organizers and the chairmen and members of its 11 affiliated boards. So far, more than 60,000 people in the military, judiciary, civil service, academia, media and other sectors have been either detained, suspended or placed under investigation over suspected links with a U.S.-based cleric Turkey accuses of orchestrating the failed putsch. The cleric, Fethullah Gulen, denies the charge and has condemned the coup.

Carl Frampton lands a punch on Leo Santa Cruz during their WBA Featherweight title fight. (Getty Images)

before the two closed it out by exchanging heavy blows in the middle of the ring as the final bell rang.

One judge scored it even, 114-114, while the other two gave it to Frampton 117-111 and 116-112.

Frampton previously held the IBF and WBA super-bantamweight titles.

Frampton punctuated

his impressive early round performance by staggering the champion in the second round with a left hook. His short counter shot slammed into the right side of Santa Cruz's head, sending the Mexican stumbling backwards into the ropes with 45 seconds left in the round.

Frampton then padded his lead by winning the next

three rounds before Santa Cruz turned it on in the sixth, which proved to be one of his best rounds of the fight as he landed some solid combination punches.

But Santa Cruz's inability to score enough points in the early going caught up to him as Frampton did not tire in the later rounds.

"He has a difficult

style, but we know his style and will get him in the rematch," Santa Cruz said.

Santa Cruz had considered pulling out of the fight a few months ago because his father and trainer, Jose Santa Cruz, is battling bone cancer. But dad was at his son's side on Saturday night as the trainer continues to wage the fight of his life against the disease.

Leo Santa Cruz (32-11, 18 knockouts) suffered the first defeat of his career, losing the belt he won also by a majority decision when he beat Abner Mares last August. He defended it five months ago when he stopped Kiko Martinez in five rounds. Frampton won the 126 pound title despite giving away two inches in height and four inches in reach to Santa Cruz. He is now 5-0 in title fights and 8-0 in fights above 122 pounds.

The crowd of 9,062 at the Barclays Center arena included four-time major championship winning golfer Rory McIlroy.

IOC sets up 3-member panel to rule on Russian entries

RiO De JANeiRO, JULY 31 (ReUteRs): A threemember International Olympic Committee (IOC) panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games, reviewing all decisions taken by the international federations, the IOC said on Saturday.

The IOC earlier this month set criteria for Russians to be eligible to compete in Rio after revelations of state-backed doping in the country.

They needed to have been tested for drugs outside Russia and have a spotless doping record with no previous bans in order to be cleared by their respective international federations.

All Russian athletes sanctioned for doping in the past have been excluded from the Games.

The IOC panel consists of Ugur Erdener, the IOC's medical commission chairman, Claudia Bokel, head of the athletes commission and fellow IOC

member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., vice president of the Modern Pentathlon federation.

The trio will take the final decision once Court of Arbitration for Sport arbitrators have reviewed the cases individually, IOC spokesman Mark Adams told reporters.

"There is not a blanket decision. It is about individual athletes," Adams said. "It is important the IOC takes the final decision based on independent ad-

vice."

He said the process would be completed by Friday, the day the Games open.

More than 250 Russian athletes from the original team of 387 have so far been cleared to compete at the Olympics.

However, only one track and field athlete, long jumper Darya Klishina, has been given the green light with the country essentially suspended from the Games in that sport.

New Zealand seal innings win

New Zealand's players shake hands with Zimbabwe's batsmen after victory during the fourth day of the first test match in a series of two tests between New Zealand and Zimbabwe at Queens Sports Club, in Bulawayo on July 31. (Getty Images)

BULAWAYO, JULY 31 (ReUteRs): Sean Williams scored a maiden test century in vain as New Zealand clinched a comprehensive innings and 117-run victory over hosts Zimbabwe on day four of the first test on Sunday.

Williams, who was battling flu, scored the quickest test ton by a Zimbabwean off 106 balls before becoming the ninth man out for 119 having smashed 21 fours.

Zimbabwe were dismissed shortly before tea in their second innings for 295, with seamer Trent Boult the pick of the visiting bowlers as he picked up 4-52 on a flat batting track.

"The fight was excellent. After the first innings, I thought we were soft," Zimbabwe captain Graeme Cremer said at the post-match presentation, before highlighting his teams troubles in the test. "We probably have 10 guys sick in the change room."

Zimbabwe faced a mammoth task to make New Zealand bat again having been skittled for 164 in their first innings and allowing the tourists to amass 576 for six declared in reply. New Zealand would have had thoughts of a quick finish on the fourth morning as Zimbabwe resumed on 121 for

five, especially when Craig Ervine (50) was out in the second over soon after bringing up his maiden test half-century.

But a magnificent 118-run seventhwicket stand between Williams and Cremer (33) took the home side past lunch before the latter was trapped lbw by Ish Sodhi. Regis Chakabva (11), who missed the second and third days' play with a virus, hung around for 41 balls before he was bowled by Tim Southee.

A visibly wilting Williams then holed out to deep mid-wicket off Mitchell Santner after scoring 119 off 148 balls.

The win was complete when Neil Wagner, who finished with match figures of 8-103, had Donald Tiripano (14) caught by wicketkeeper BJ Watling. "The first innings bowling effort after the toss was outstanding, and it put us ahead in the game," New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said.

"To get the score we did and put Zimbabwe under pressure was outstanding.

We're looking forward to the next match.

Zimbabwe continued their dismal record against New Zealanders and are now winless in 16 meetings, this being their 10th loss. The second and final test starts on Saturday at the same venue.

public discourse

New dimapur-Zubza railway project should not

become another “DimapurKohima four laning”

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e have come to know that Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu will lay the foundation stone of a new railway line from Dimapur (Dhansiripar) to Kohima on August 1 at Dimapur Railway Station. It is for Dimapur-Zubza Railway line.

Good news is landowners are reported to have received land compensations for this new Dimapur-Zubza railway construction. Because most of the time, the Government used to blame the landowners and now since it is reported that the compensations have been paid, there should not have any hurdle for the construction.

Earlier, we also heard that the construction of roads including the four laning of Dimapur-Kohima National Highway could not take place due to land problem. We are happy that there were reports that the land compensations had already been paid to landowners from Dimapur to Kohima for the four laning. Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari, also came last year and laid a foundation stone at Chumukedima to start for four laning works of DimapurKohima National Highway. Unfortunately, until now nothing happens on the ground.

In fact, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he came to Nagaland in 2003 announced Rs 400 crore for the four laning of Dimapur-Kohima National Highway 39. While announcing it, he said, “We are not keeping Nagaland out of this ambitious project. Earlier, this highway network was

planned to come up to Silchar. Today I am happy to announce that Kohima will also be connected to this project with a four-lane highway. The Center will spend Rs 400 crore on widening this road on national Highway 39. And the work will start next year.” It has been 13 years and the work on this ambitious four laning Dimapur-Kohima is yet to start.

Speaking of roads in Nagaland, Vajpayee, who had to travel by road to Kohima from Dimapur as his helicopter could not take off due to inclement weather, said, “I have to say that I had a firsthand experience yesterday. Mother Nature wanted me to take the road journey from Dimapur to Kohima.

I was told that, of all the roads in the State, this is the best. If this is the best, it is difficult to imagine how bad is the worst.”

In this 21st Century, the world has been talk-

ing about Super Highways, electric cars, bullet trains, shopping malls, online systems, more airports, but in Nagaland what Vajpayee saw the best road while travelling by road from the Dimapur airport to Kohima 13 years ago is today in a worse condition. Today, Social Media bloggers in Nagaland are making most hilarious bashing comments from time to time on some of the bridges on this epic Dimapur-Kohima NH 39 as they are waiting to collapse anytime on its own.

Will our Chief Minister TR Zeliang and Governor PB Acharya who will be attending the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new DimapurZubza Railway line on August 1 at Dimapur tell the Union Railways Minister that the new project should not become another “Dimapur-Kohima four laning style?”

Oken Jeet Sandham

TrAiN, TrAiN Go AWAY… rejoinder

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fter learning that the Union Minister of Railway Suresh Prabu would be laying the foundation stone for Dimapur (Dhanshiri) to Zubza train route on August 1, 2016 a lot of thought began to process in my mind. The thought of train running from Dimapur to the interior parts of Nagaland may be fascinating however the thought of the pain this train is going to bring out weights the happy thoughts of the coming train.

There are lot’s to be pointed out however few points that are worthy to be considered at the present junction as to what could happen with the coming of the train are:1. Taxi Drivers will lose their jobs: There are hundreds of taxis in Dimapur alone. With the coming of Train many people will take the train to travel form Dimapur towards Kohima. The reason would be the cost of train travel will be very less compared to that of a taxi fare and much comfortable. Which in turn will result in the passengers taking the train and dumping the taxis. Once the taxi driver loses its passengers that will be the end of their jobs. We have to remember that these taxi drivers have family to take care too. They have kids going to school/colleges; they may have old sickly parents to take care of. Their kids also have dreams and would want to become doctors and engineers. The only one who earns might be their father who is a taxi driver and when his/her father loses his job as a taxi driver that would be the end of the dream for all those who depend on him.

Has the central govt/state govt/ Nagaland NGO’s considered the situation?

2. The roadside hotels will have to close down: Today while travelling up to Kohima we see many small hotels serving good food. These hotel owners are mostly locals who are trying to make a living depending on the taxi drivers/bus drivers who bring costumers to them. Once the train starts the hotels can say goodbye to their little earnings because the taxi/bus passenger would be riding the train. Which means many locals Hotel wallas will have to close down their hotel. Many of these hotel wallas might have taken loans and even sold off their land to start their small hotel and now this train is going to put an end to their dream.

These hotel wallas have kids and other family member depending on them. What will become of them? Again has the Central/State govt/ Nagaland NGO’s considered this situation?

3. The local truck owner/mini-goods carrier vehicles will lose their job: There are many locals who own

Trucks/mimi-goods carriers for carrying goods from Dimapur to Kohima. These tuck owners have taken loan from the bank or borrowed from someone some have even sold their land to buy the truck. Now once the train comes in the truck drivers/mini goods carriers will lose their job. Because the train will carry goods at much cheaper rate. Any person with common sense would use the train to save money. This will result into complete business failure for the truck/mini-goods carrier owners.

What has the central/state govt/ Nagaland NGOs thought about this situation?

4. The local fruits/ vegetable sellers will lose their costumer: Many self help groups have opened fruits/vegetable stalls along the Dimapur-Kohima highway and depend on the taxi and other commuters for their sale. One the train comes all these self-help groups will become help-help groups. There small business will be utterly destroyed by the coming of train. Has the central/ Sate Govt a mechanism to help these people?

5. The damage to the Environment: For the coming of the train a lot of vegetations would have to be destroyed to make way for the Train tracks and stations. Nagaland is already bustling with vehicles with no proper air pollution control. The train most likely will be a diesel engine. The amount of diesel smoke put into the fragile environed would be dangerous. The fresh air of the Naga Hills will no longer be fresh but polluted with toxic diesel exhaust of the train. We can expect more asthma, and other lungs infections with the coming of train. Has the central/state Govt/Environmental NGO’s thought about this situation?

6. The illegal immigrant issue: With the coming of the train there will be a train of Illegal immigrants reaching every interior parts of Nagaland, because the train would make it more easy for them. Which means after the coming of train in few years, the number of illegal immigrants would multiply at an alarming rate. Which would translate to more problems in the future. Has the central/state govt and all Nagas sick with illegal immigrant issue in Nagaland thought about it?

These are just few things but there are more to be discussed. I wonder if our Central / Nagaland Sate government have done a proper homework and weighted the “cost and worth factor” of ushering a train to reach to the interior parts of Nagaland. It is well understood that the coming of train is much wanted, however the real question is do we really “need” it now? When there

is no proper mechanism at place for the taxi drivers, road side hotel walas, vegetable vendor who would be the first ones to lose their jobs and to check the inflow of illegal immigrants, why ask for more train services.

Nagaland would need more train service to the most interior parts of its state but not now now. Just as we cannot imagine of bus service from Dhobinalla to DC court Junction as it will affect hundreds of Autowallas, we cannot imagine of a train where taxi wallas are barely making enough to feed their family. The Nagaland Govt/politicians encourages Nagas to stop looking for government jobs and start their own private business and when the people are trying to establish themselves by driving taxi, trucks, selling vegetables etc, the State Government plots with the central government to throw a train in the mist of the competition.

What kind of backstabbing policy is this? The Nagaland politicians and the Govt better have an answer for such ugly policy. No right sensing government would throw a train in a fragile economic environment like Nagaland where small business individuals are struggling to survive. It is not that we don’t have a train station in Nagaland. We have one train in Dimapur which is enough for us for now. The lone Train Station in Dimapur has contributed to the economic growth of the state however it has also poured in more illegal immigrants to the State and has caused enough headache/ heartache as well.

The taxi unions, the truck drivers union, the hotel unions etc should consider the case very carefully. And take up the case soon with the State/Central government before it’s too late. Naga land owners should also study the matter carefully before giving any land for the rail track. Where are the so called environment activists? Who sing slogans for protection of environment? Why are the environment NGO’s being silent over the matter? Taking pictures of hugging/planting trees does not help much neither wearing a cap/T- shirt that says protect environment. If the Environmental organizations in Nagaland truly care the current new train project form Dimapur to Zubza should have been enough to stir up their spirits and they would have done something already. We have to put ourselves in the place of the taxi driver, truck/minigoods carriers, vegetables vendors etc only then we will understand the seriousness of the matter. It would be great if our Union Minister of Railway Suresh Prabu take a drive from Dimapur to Zubza then to kohima and see the situation for himself. Nagaland needs train service reaching all the districts but not now.

Imlisanen Phom, Dimapur

To, Khekiye K. Sema

This is in response to your article "Nagas Will Rejoice" published in The Morung Express on 30 July 2016.

I believed you have written it after doing a thorough and dispassionate research.

However, you seem to have missed out certain facts regarding the involvement of Tangkhuls in the Naga Freedom Movement. I am listing here the name of those who were the first among Tangkhuls to join the Naga Freedom Movement: 1. H. Phungtha s/o Phungphao 1958 2. H. Wungso s/o Marichon 1958 3. Siti s/o Tai 1959 4. VS. Apeo s/o VS. Mukpa 1959 5. AS. Saphei s/o Peileitha 1959 6. AS. Lukhui s/o Paothang 1959 7. H. Khanot s/o H. Mukzu 1959 8. VS. Wungchin s/o VS. Kenano 1959 9. AS. Ramdhar s/o AS. Phungtha 1959 10. H. Tai s/o H. Maransa 1959 11. Z. Samuel s/o Z. Wungmayo 1959 12. H. Simon s/o H. Huiyang 1959 13. VS. Khamang s/o VS. Wongam 1959 14. VS. Yarseng s/o VS. Richinao 1959 15. VS. Raiyan s/o VS. Nongthenga 1959 16. AS. Cain s/o AS. Wungnaokhok 1959 (Still alive) 17. AS. Thikatai s/o AS. Maraphang, 1959 18. VS. Ningam s/o VS. Seitroya 1959 19. VS. Maiphuk s/o VS. Ngaitheng 1959 20. VS. Tuisem s/o VS. Luiphui 1959 21. VS. Karson s/o VS. Kemthang 1959 22. VS. Masasui s/o VS. Yarkao 1959 SL. No. 1-21 are from Tusom Village and Sl. No. 22 from Phungcham village. In the later years between 1964 and 1967, more than 30 men and women from Phungcham Village alone joined the Movement.

Regards Tennoson Pheiray Phungcham, Ukhrul

Readers may please note that the contents of the articles, letters and opinions published do not reflect the outlook of this paper nor of the Editor in any form.

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‘Game of Justin Bieber planning his own funeral Thrones’ G to end with eighth season he end is near for "Game of Thrones". Newly anointed programming chief Casey Bloys has confirmed that the eighth season of the HBO series will be the final one. He made the announcement at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills here on Saturday when asked if the eighth season will be last, reports variety.com.

"Yes, I think (show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss) have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do," Bloys said. He added: "If I could get them to do more, I would take 10 seasons, but we want to take their lead with what they can do and what the best version of the show is."

Bloys also admitted that he has had talks about a potential spinoff or prequel series with Benioff and Weiss, but "there are no concrete plans" for any "Game of Thrones" follow-up yet. The HBO chief also confirmed that the delay in production on season seven would take "Game of Thrones" out of the Emmy race next year.

Inspired by novelist George R.R. Martin's bestselling series, the HBO series narrates a gripping story of seven kingdoms and royals vying for the Iron throne. It weaves together various emotions -- from love, politics, revenge, hatred and value of family -- into a bloody tale which has caught the fancy of several people across the globe.

"Game of Thrones" received 23 Emmy nominations for its sixth season this year. The premiere of the seventh season is slated for summer 2017 on HBO internationally and on Star World Premiere HD in India.

rammy Award winning singer Justin Bieber is shocked by the string of celebrity deaths this year, and is making "elaborate plans" for his funeral. The "Sorry" singer is worried about his own mortality following deaths of icons like David Bowie and Prince. Bieber has already put together his will to protect his estimated 180 million pounds or $238 million fortune and planned his own memorial service, reports dailystar. co.uk.

According to sources, he wants to install a solarpowered video screen as his headstone. While he is planning his funeral, Bieber also plans to live forever as a performing 3D hologram. The star's mission has alarmed family members, including his former manager Pattie Mallette.

Another source said: "At first, Pattie laughed off Justin's elaborate funeral and estate plans as just another of his passing whims. But it's now become clear that Justin is serious, not only about planning his own funeral, but everything from his will, to his legacy."

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Karishma Tanna breaks silence on breakup with Upen Patel!

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igg Boss 8' gave us a lot of memories.

Topping the list was the beautiful relationship between Karishma Tanna and Upen Patel.

But, sadly, the duo failed to make it till the end. The reports of their breakup came as a huge shock to their fans.

Recently, Karishma finally opened up her split and what she said sounds quite heartfelt.

"Sometimes there is no answer to what went wrong. Sometimes two wonderful people or good souls are not meant be together. That's what happened to us," Pinkvilla

quoted the 'Grand Masti' diva as saying.

She added, "Upen is a wonderful soul. We connected very strongly, but things didn't move the way we wanted it to. It's not that I don't want to settle down or I am jumping from one relationship to another. We both wanted to settle down,

but if we don't see our future together then it’s better to part ways."

Karishma also revealed that they both are still on speaking terms. She is currently participating as a contestant in the ninth season of popular dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'.

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eteran actor Anupam Kher's Hollywood film "The Headhunter's Calling", also starring Gerard Butler and Willem Dafoe, will have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which begins on September 8.

Kher, 61, shared the news with his fans on Twitter writing, "Hap-

Vivek Oberoi donates computers to underprivileged girls

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ctor Vivek Oberoi, who has been involved in noble causes like blood donation, pledging to donate his eyes, and has openly voiced his concern over other such causes, has done it once again. This time around, he has donated computers to underprivileged girls in Mathura to encourage them to study.

In an interview to a daily, the actor said that it was essential to provide girls with technological support in order to reap future benefits for them. He went on to assure that he will do whatever it takes to help them build a bright future.

Vivek also added that he wants to contribute as much as he can to the society and girls, who have some goals in their lives.

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"She went out there and empowered her people.

She is telling our people to be proud of our wide nostrils something Michael Jackson was so ashamed of, he changed his face," he said. "She used 'Formation' to make people feel confident. That's the best history to be a part of," he added.

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Beyonce praised for empowering people through music

Williams.

Actors Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt-starrer "The Magnificent Seven" is the opening film at TIFF this year. Actress Konkana Sensharma's directorial debut "A Death in the Gunj" will be screened in the special presentation section of the festival.

Official Prince Tribute concert set for October in Minnesota

rince's family members are planning a massive tribute concert to the late star in his native Minnesota in October. The "Purple Rain" star's siblings are organising the first official event in honour of the music icon on October 13 at the US Bank Stadium in his hometown of Minneapolis, reported ABC news.

The late icon's family said that they are "excited for the opportunity to bring everyone together for the official family celebration of Prince's life, music and legacy, and there is no better place to do it than his hometown of Minneapolis."

Performers for the concert are yet to be announced, but tickets will go on sale next month. Unofficial tributes have already taken place in Los Angeles, New York City, and at the Minneapolis club, which featured in the singer's film Purple Rain. Prince died of a drug overdose in April this year aged 57.

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merican record producer and songwriter Mike Will Made It has praised singer Beyonce Knowles for "empowering her people" through her music. The producer worked on "Formation" with Knowles and he is impressed that she uses both the lyrics and video for the song to protest against racial discrimination, reports

py to share, my film The Headhunter's Calling with Gerard Butler is premiering at Toronto Int. Film Festival."

"The Headhunter's Calling" is about a headhunter whose life revolves around closing deals in a survival-of-the- fittest boiler room. The movie has been directed by Mark

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Liverpool, United win in pre-season friendlies UFC 201: Woodley stuns Lawler

Ibrahimovic scores Atletico Madrid crash to defeat in Australia JuLy 31 from Tunisian Fahid Ben Khalf- high-profile scalp in Atletico Maspectacular goal on MeLbOuRNe, (AFP): Spanish giants Atletico allah to rock Atletico in the 44th drid.

There were several heavy chalcrashed to a 1-0 loss to A- minute. While manager Diego Man United debut Madrid League side Melbourne Victory Simeone rung the changes in the lenges in Sunday's game with a

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STOCKHOLM, JuLy 31 (ReuTeRS): Zlatan Ibrahimovic netted a superb goal just four minutes into his Manchester United debut and promised that there would be much more to come after they thrashed Turkish side Galatasaray 5-2 in a friendly in Gothenburg on Saturday.

The 34-year-old Swede, who arrived at Old Trafford on a free transfer after a trophy-laden four-year spell with Paris St Germain, wasted no time in making his presence felt, flinging himself into the air to meet Antonio Valencia's cross.

He did not get the cleanest contact on the ball but his scissors kick bounced past Fernando Muslera in Galatasaray's goal and sent thousands of Swedish fans into raptures.

With Wayne Rooney netting twice and Valencia recording three assists against the rudderless Turkish outfit, a delighted Ibrahimovic said it was shaping up to be an exciting season, especially if United's transfer target Paul Pogba arrives from Juventus.

"I'm going to help the team as much as I can and do what I'm good at, creating chances and scoring goals," he told Swedish TV. "There is something big on the go, it's going to be very interesting this year. Let us say that if Pogba comes too, it's going to be very interesting," he added with a smile. Galatasaray threatened to spoil Zlatan's party when Sinan Gumus headed the equalizer from a Wesley Sneijder free kick, and Portuguese winger Bruma then rifled home to put Galatasaray ahead four minutes before the break.

Ibrahimovic went off at halftime as coach Jose Mourinho rang the changes, but starting fullback Valencia was again the architect as Rooney steered home United's second 10 minutes into the second half. When Marcus Rashford was felled in the box three minutes later, Rooney stepped up to fire home the resulting penalty.

Valencia got his third assist when Marouane Fellaini headed home his cross, before substitute Juan Mata stabbed in a fifth to round off a dominant display by United, who open their Premier League campaign away to Bournemouth on Aug. 14.

on their Australian pre-season tour in Geelong on Sunday.

The European Champions League runners-up fell behind to a goal against the run of play shortly before half-time and were kept scoreless in the second half.

Defender Nick Ansell powerfully headed home off a free-kick

second half his side could not find a way through the determined Victory defence.

It has been a heady 10 days for the twice A-League champions, who beat Italian champions Juventus on penalties in the International Champions Cup last week before claiming another

with brutal first round KO

solid tackle by Uruguayan defender Emiliano Velazquez forcing Victory's Mitch Austin off the field with a knee injury in the first half. French defender Lucas Hernandez also limped away after a sliding tackle on Victory midfielder Oliver Bozanic in the second half.

Origi, Firmino score as Liverpool tops Milan in ICC friendly

SANTA CLARA, JuLy 31 (AP): Some 5,000 miles from home, the sounds of “You'll Never Walk Alone,” Liverpool FC's unofficial anthem, billowed from Levi's Stadium during warm-ups.

Fan support for one of the world's most popular sports teams was apparent throughout the night while Divock Origi and Roberto Firmino scored and Liverpool beat AC Milan 2-0 in an International Champions Cup ex-

hibition game Saturday night at Levi's Stadium. Origi opened the scoring in the 59th minute off an assist from Alberto Moreno.

Firmino scored 14 minutes later on a sliding kick off a deflected pass from Sheyl Ojo. Origi's goal followed a first half in which Liverpool put heavy pressure on AC Milan. The Reds outshot AC Milan 5-2, had five corner kicks to their opponent's one and had the only two blocks in the half. Origi

broke Liverpool's scoreless streak of 104 minutes to start the tournament.

The Reds were coming off a 1-0 loss to Premier League rival Chelsea FC. Their next game will be against FC Barcelona on Aug. 6 in London.

Milan will play Chelsea FC on Aug. 3 in Minneapolis. The July 22-Aug. 13 exhibition tournament features 17 teams playing on four continents; 10 in the United States and Europe, three in China and four in Australia.

Over 105,000 watch as Real beat Chelsea in friendly

MiCHigAN, JuLy 31 (ReuTeRS): A near-record crowd of 105,826 saw Real Madrid score three first-half goals and hang on for a 3-2 win against Chelsea in a friendly at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. The attendance was less than 4,000 shy of the United States record attendance for a soccer

match, set two years ago at the same stadium in Ann Arbor when 109,318 watched Real Madrid and Manchester United square off.

The crowd turned up even though Real Madrid were without stars Karim Benzema, out with a hip ailment, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, who both have been

given time off after Euro 2016. Brazilian left back Marcelo picked up the slack for Real Madrid with goals in the 19th and 26th minutes, and set up Mariano in the 37th minute to put the Spanish side ahead 3-0.

Chelsea substitute Eden Hazard scored in the 80th minute and stoppage time to make it close.

PSG sink Leicester in pre-season clash of Anglo-French champions LOS ANgeLeS, JuLy 31 (AFP): French title winners Paris Saint-Germain brought English champions Leicester City down to earth with a comfortable 4-0 win in the exhibition International Champions Cup in Los Angeles on Saturday. A sell-out 25,667 crowd was treated to passages of sumptuous midfield interplay as PSG gave the naive Foxes a taste of what to expect at Europe’s top table as they head into their first Champions League campaign. PSG got the break-

through in the 26th minute when Daniel Amartey clumsily brought down Jonathan Ikone in the area and Cavani sent Schmeichel the wrong way from the spot. Leicester clawed their way back into the play with several promising attacks, including a stinging free kick from Algerian star midfielder Riyad Mahrez which PSG keeper Alphonse Areola just kept out.

But “les Rouge et Bleu” doubled their lead seconds before half-time when Thomas Meunier, who scored twice in the last

ICC fixture against Real Madrid in Ohio, surged into Leicester’s box on the counter. The 24-yearold Belgian international, who moved in the close season from FC Bruges, played a neat assist to Ikone, who slotted the ball in off the bar and beyond Schmeichel.

Substitute striker Odsonne Edouard rounded off the rout moments before the final whistle when he found himself one on one with Schmeichel, and dispatched the ball clinically into the back of the net.

Woodley knocked down his opponent with his powerful right hand after two minutes of the fight. (Getty Images)

ATLANTA, JuLy 31 (AP): Tyron Woodley took the welterweight championship from Robbie Lawler on Saturday night, stopping him with 2:12 left in the first round at UFC 201 at Philips Arena.

The former All-American wrestler at Missouri dropped Lawler with a devastating right hand — after an effective fake — and scored several strikes while Lawler was on the mat and against the cage, leading referee Dan Miragliotta to call the bout.

The 34-year-old Woodley — who waited some 18 months for a title shot — improved to 16-3. Lawler, also 34, fell to 27-11. He was making his third title defense.

Woodley had not appeared in the Octagon since January 2015, when he defeated Kelvin Gastelum.

The day before UFC presented its first event since being purchased by Hollywood entertainment conglomerate WME-IMG, Lawler — who earned fight

of the night honors in his first two title defenses — said he was looking for a knockout, but it wasn’t the outcome he was anticipating. Woodley’s victory was the fastest in UFC welterweight title history.

Although Lawler let his guard down at an inopportune time, Woodley said he did not see a particular weakness that he could exploit so early in the bout.

“There wasn’t a chink in his armor, but I knew he’d be thinking about my wrestling and I knew he’d be thinking about my right hand, so we had several different plays, as we call them, to use that right hand and get to that powerful punch,” Woodley said.

Lawler, who made his UFC debut in 2002 but left the sport for several years before returning in 2013, was philosophical about losing the championship.

“It is what it is,” Lawler said. “He feinted me and my hand went down, he threw a punch over the top and caught me with the old

T-Wood bomb and I was sitting back too much and he took advantage of it.”

In the semi-main event, Karolina Kowalkiewicz struck repeatedly with her knees through three rounds and gained a split decision over Rose Namajunas in a victory that moved the winner closer to a shot at UFC Strawweight champion Joanna Jedrezejczyk.

Kowa l kie w icz re mained undefeated at 10-0 and relied on her Muay Thai training to dispatch the 24-year-old Namajunas (6-3), who sustained a bloody nose in the first round but gave Kowalkiewicz with a bloody nose in the second round.

Two judges scored the fight 29-28 for Kowalkiewicz while the other had it 29-28 for Namajunas.

Kowalkiewicz posted 131 strikes to Namajunas’ 79 and had a critical knockdown in the third round, although Namajunas was able to keep her opponent at bay with a number of heel strikes.

Premier League transfer fees poised to break record LONDON, JuLy 31 (ReuTeRS): With one month of the transfer window left remaining, Premier League clubs are poised to push escalating fees closer to another new record this week. The projected move of France midfielder Paul Pogba from Juventus back to Manchester United for a world record one hundred million pounds ($132.3 million) would take spending by the 20 teams to almost 600m, adding to the 175m recorded by accountancy firm Deloitte in the January window.

Last year was the first in which an-

nual fees reached one billion pounds.

So far this close-season Arsenal -- criticised in the past by many supporters for not spending enough -have recorded the highest individual outlay by paying 35 million pounds for Swiss midfielder Granit Xhaka.

But Pogba's proposed return to Old Trafford would dwarf that and all other sums in the history of the sport, smashing the world record of 85.3 million pounds that Real Madrid paid for Wales forward Gareth Bale three years ago.

Trevor Francis, the first million-

pound player in English football back in 1979, said he was surprised the new world record might be set by a midfield player.

"I really thought if (100m) was paid, it was going to be for a striker who could be a match-winner and probably provide you with 30 goals a season," he told BBC Radio.

"Possibly the only two I thought could command that figure were Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi because people realise they are exceptional talents that will go down in the history of the game."

Hamilton wins German GP to extend lead

Lewis Hamilton throws the trophy after winning the German Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo (left) and team mate Max Verstappen (right) finished second and third respectively. (Getty Images)

HOCKeNHeiM, JuLy 31 (ReuTeRS): Lewis Hamilton cruised to an unchallenged victory in Sunday’s German Formula One Grand Prix to extend his lead over Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg at the top of the world championship standings.

Hamilton seized the advantage at the start from pole-sitter Rosberg, who drove an underwhelming race in front of his home

fans, and was never headed.

The Briton crossed the line 6.9 seconds ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, on the podium for the second race in a row on his 100th grand prix appearance. His team mate Max Verstappen finished third, his fourth top-three result, to give Red Bull their first double rostrum in over a year.

Rosberg, who had looked unbeatable after topping every practice ses-

sion, was only fourth after falling back at thestart and collecting a five-second time-penalty for forcing Verstappen off the track.

It was Hamilton’s sixth victory in the last seven races and fourth in succession.

The 49th of the reigning champion's career left him two adrift of Frenchman Alain Prost’s mark of 51.

He now leads Rosberg by 19 points in the standings with nine rounds of a record

21-race season remaining.

“Get in there Lewis, great work mate. Beautiful start, fantastically managed,” the Briton’s Mercedes team said to him over the radio on the slowing down lap. “Fantastic job guys, awesome pitstops and just throughout the weekend as always, well deserved,” Hamilton replied.

Sebastian Vettel was fifth on his first appearance in Ferrari colours on home soil, crossing the line 32.5 seconds adrift of Hamilton, with team mate Kimi Raikkonen capping a disappointing weekend for the Italian team in sixth.

Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh for Force India, ahead of Jenson Button who brought home points for McLaren in eighth.

Williams driver Valtteri Bottas was ninth ahead of Sergio Perez who handed Force India a doublepoints finish with 10th. Formula One now heads into its annual summer break before reconvening for the Belgian Grand Prix.

Sunday’s result gave Hamilton, who trailed Rosberg by as many as 43 points following the Spanish Grand Prix in May, the crucial psychological edge in the title battle heading into the second half of the season.

The Briton won at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps circuit last year.

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